The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Someone says, "Boys will be boys"; he forgot to add, "Boys will be men

Do you know what astonished me most in the world? The inability of force to create anything. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the spirit.