We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it's good, is so very good That the bad when it's bad can't be bad!

Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope

I want to be distinguished from the rest; to tell the truth, a friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

The art of flatterers is to take advantage of the foibles of the great, to foster their errors, and never to give advice which may annoy.

When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same.