Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.
Victor HugoHe had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.
Victor HugoTable talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke.
Victor Hugo