She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant; I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.

True courage lies in the middle, between cowardice and recklessness.

Whoever is ignorant is vulgar.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.

Fair and softly goes far.

By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.