“They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.”

“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”

“I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.”

“let us love winter, for it is the spring of genuis.”

“If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.”

“Few suffer more than those who refuse to forgive themselves.”

“Misery, in cold truth, is a weight less upon those who undergo it than upon the minds of those who see it; for he who is cold and starving is so busy in his efforts to obtain warmth and food that he has little time for self-pity, and endures his unhappy condition better than those who take it upon themselves to suffer for him.”