There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
A quiet conscience makes one so serene.
The law of heaven and earth is life for life.
Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages.
I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.