It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.
The sunset glow of self-possession.
Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love.
It is when their age of passions is past that great men produce their masterpieces, just as it is after volcanic eruptions that the soil is most fertile.