Inspiration is solitary, never consecutive.

It is in the habits of lawyers that every accusation appears insufficient if they do not exaggerate it even to calumny; it is thus that justice itself loses its sanctity and its respect amongst men.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Virginity is the poetry, not the reality, of life.

Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never.

When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.

The impartiality of history is not that of the mirror, which merely reflects objects, but of the judge, who sees, listens, and decides.