In our calling, we have to choose; we must make our fortune either in this world or in the next, there is no middle way.
A good book is an event in my life.
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth.
I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
Every true passion thinks only of itself.