“What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.”

“The expected always happens”

“What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history”

“Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.”

“Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation”

“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.”

“You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.”