“Bang-whang-whang goes the drum, tootle-tetootle the fife; no keeping one's haunches still: it's the greatest pleasure in life
“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success out of his life.
“Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit
“Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.
“There is no passion that steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride