“Our ancestors pay the price for who we are”

“We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.”

“Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.”

“We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, “It is my will that the sun shall rise”; or at him who, unable to stop a wheel, says, “I wish it to roll”; or, again, at him who, thrown in a wrestling match, says, “Here I lie, but here I wish to lie.” But, joking apart, do we not act like one of these three persons whenever we use the expression “I wish”?”

“[...] let us go with all our "devils" to the help of our "god"!”

“There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.”

“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”