And last of all, high over thought, in the world of morals, Fate appears as vindicator, levelling the high, lifting the low, requiring justice in man, and always striking soon or late when justice is not done. What is useful will last, what is hurtful will sink.

The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments.

God will not make himself manifest to cowards

All the world loves a lover.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

A mob cannot be a permanency: everybody's interest requires that it should not exist, and only justice satisfies all.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.