Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.

To love is to choose.

Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.

Pleasure once tasted satisfies less than the desire experienced for its torments.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good.