Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

Never deprive someone of hope it might be all they have.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.

Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.