"I have always been too lazy to be a good man."

"It's a lucky man, a very lucky man, who is committed to what he believes, who has stifled intellectual detachment and can relax in the luxury of his emotions - like a tipsy traveller resting for the n…"

"My head is full of devils and angels, and I don't know which will win."

"One should not despise public opinion. It is a powerful force."

"The less we show our love to a woman, Or please her less, and neglect our duty, The more we trap and ruin her surely, In the flattering toils of philandery."