People who do not get into scrapes are a great deal less interesting than those who do.
farewell' is a monster among words, and never yet sounded kindly in any ear.
Real things in the darkness seem no realer than dreams.
How much the more in judging of the human heart should we distrust all fashionable airs and graces, all tricks and smartness, learnt only to please the outward gaze
How strange a thing is the heart of man!
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.