Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.
It requires a long time to know anyone.
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
In hell there is no retention.
I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.
Every production must resemble its author.