if I inflict wounds, I heal them.

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it.

the days, and the months, and the years, pass so swiftly, that I can no longer retain them. Time, in its flight, hurries me away, in spite of myself; in vain I endeavor to stop him, he drags me along: the thought of this alarms me.

Oh Dear! How unfortunate I am not to have anyone to weep with!

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The human heart will never wrinkle