Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

[On the legend that after being beheaded St. Denis walked six miles with his head in his hands:] It is only the first step that is difficult.

I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui.

The first step is the hardest.

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

God is not more incomprehensible than you; but if he is not more just, it is hardly worth while beIieving in him.

Heed the still small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.