I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.

I am never less alone than when alone.

Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.

I hate all children of precocious talent.

War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.