"The lover is ever terrified."

"It is convenient that there be gods, and since it is convenient, let us believe there are."

"The greatest minds are those who can be happy in themselves."

"Believe me, nothing perishes in all the world; it does but vary and renew its form. What we call birth is but a beginning to be other than what one was before; and death is but a cessation of a former…"

"We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us."