Poor and free rather than rich and enslaved. Of course, men want to be both rich and free, and this is what leads them at times to be poor and enslaved.

The soul of a murderer is blind

Life should be lived to the point of tears

He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe

I longed to be forgotten in order to be able to complain to myself.

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without.

Even when one sits in the prisoner's dock, it is interesting to hear talk about oneself.