The loss of our illusions is the only loss from which we never recover.
Friendship needs to be rooted in respect, but love can live upon itself alone
Who has passed by the fates of disillusion has died twice.
Fame! it is the flower of a day, that dies when the next sun rises.
No great talker ever did any great thing yet, in this world.
I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.