Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.

Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors.

A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature.

Where violence reigns, reason is weak.

People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

Love is like epidemic diseases. The more one fears it the more likely one is to contract it.