Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

I am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests.

He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you?

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.