What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.

For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.

Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

A good critic is the man who describes his adventures among masterpieces.