To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone.

The confidant of my vices is my master, though he were my valet.

Man knows himself only insofar as he knows the world, becoming aware of it if only within himself, and of himself self only within it. Each new subject, well observed, opens up within us a new organ of thought.

All is born of water; all is sustained by water.

Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny

Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.

If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner.