You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.

“L’avenir ! répondit-elle en riant.Qu’appelez-vous l’avenir ? Pourquoi penserais…”

“Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?”

“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endu…”

“But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; n…”