Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.
Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing.
Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.
Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.