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

[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.

. . . everything seems insupportable to me. This may very well be because I am insupportable myself.

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

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

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

The first step is the hardest.