"As a general rule… people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."

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

"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself."

"God is always there, but he helps those who help themselves."

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."