As countless as grains of sand by the sea are human passions, and they all differ; all of them, vile or lofty, begin by being under a man's control and then become his terrible masters. Blessed is he who has chosen the most lofty of passions: his immeasurable bliss grows and multiplies tenfold with every hour and minute, and he penetrates deeper and deeper into the infinite paradise of his soul.

Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.

Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?

For public opinion does not admit that lofty rapturous laughter is worthy to stand beside lofty lyrical emotion and that there isall the difference in the world between it and the antics of a clown at a fair.

What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.

Keep not money, but keep good people's company.

I am who I am and that's who I am