"To be good, it is not enough to do good; you must also do it in a good way."

"The one thing that is necessary is to overcome the evil that is in us."

"Boredom: the desire for desires."

"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness."

"There are no conditions to which a man cannot get accustomed, especially if he sees that all around him are living in the same way."