"How can I be a good man if I don't know how to be a bad one?"

"God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge."

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."

"Happiness is like one of those palaces on an enchanted island, its gates guarded by dragons. One must fight to gain it."

"Man is but an ass, if he is not an eagle."