Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.
No possession is gratifying without a companion.
Let us fight the battle-retreat from the things that attract us and rouse ourselves to meet the things that actually attack us.
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.