Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his.
Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom.
Conquer but never triumph.
It's bad enough when married people bore one another, but it's much worse when only one of them bores the other.
We ask the poet: 'What subject have you chosen?' instead of: 'What subject has chosen you?
There is something so beautiful in trust that even the most hardened liar need feel a certain respect for those who confide in him.