In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.

Open the history of the past at whatsoever page you will and there you shall find coincidence at work bringing about events that the merest chance might have averted. Indeed, coincidence may be defined as the tool used by Fate to shape the destinies of men and nations.

But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9.

...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

Do you know, André, I sometimes think that you have no heart.' 'Presumably because I sometimes betray intelligence.

Only he who is without anything is without enemies.