"Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and…" — Søren Aabye Kierkegaard

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

I equally dislike the favor of the public with the love of a woman, they are both a cloying treacle to the wings of independence

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk

Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect

Evil is whatever distracts.

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