I am not two persons; I am only one.

What does it matter to me if your contempt for me is as illimitable as the stars ?" "Ah, you remember that, do you?
Whenever you hear a man talking about the stars you may conclude that he is either an astronomer or a fool.
But you and a fine starry night would make a fool of any man." "I don't understand you.

I try to, but I cannot; or, if I guess, I cannot tell whether you are in earnest or not." "I am very much in earnest.

Abandon at once and for ever all misgivings that I am trifling with you, or passing an idle hour as men do when they find themselves in the company of beautiful women.

I mean what I say literally, and in the deepest sense.