Faith: not wanting to know what is true.
Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
In truth, there was only one Christian and he died on the cross.
In music, the passions enjoy themselves.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
The future influences the present just as much as the past.
