It seems to me that the soul, when alone with itself and speaking to itself, uses only a small number of words, none of them extraordinary.

To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone - but that is all it means.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

We hope vaguely but dread precisely.

All nations have present, or past, or future reasons for thinking themselves incomparable.

It is a law of nature that we defend ourselves from one affection only by means of another.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.