You think you can marry for your own pleasure, friend?

The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.

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

There is no protection against slander.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Things are only worth what you make them worth.