If it were not for respect for human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen.

Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

I must keep on rowing, not until I reach port but until I reach my grave.

It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.

Exile: A tomb in which you can get mail.

I do not want an echo of myself from my children. I do not want to hear from them merely the reverberation of my own voice.