"Love is a madness, and he who is not mad is not in love."

"The greatest happiness is to be loved for oneself, or, more correctly, to be loved in spite of oneself, with all one's faults and imperfections."

"The more I see of men, the more I love dogs."

"My errors will point a moral for mankind, while my good deeds will serve as an example."

"I have always been a man of curiosity, and I have always sought to understand the mysteries of the universe."