I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.

I loved him as we always love the first time: with idolatry and wild passion.

Truth is a fruit that can only be picked when it is very ripe.

Everyone places his good where he can and has as much of it as he can, in his own way.

The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.