A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.
If passion sometimes counsels greater boldness than does reflection, it gives more strength to execute it.
In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
The heaviest object in the world is the body of the woman you have ceased to love.
There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.
Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.