"The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."

"There are some misfortunes which are so great that we dare not think of them, and yet we must never lose sight of them."

"There is no such thing as a natural death: nothing that ever happens to a man is ever natural, since his presence calls the world into question."

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

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