"I am a man of passions, and I do not regret them."

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

"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it."

"There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible."

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