The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime.

When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.