“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“Yo no nací dichoso. De niño, mi himno favorito era: «Cansado del mundo y con el peso de mis pecados». A los cinco años yo pensaba que si había de vivir setenta no había pasado aún más que la...”