One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses.

Truth possesses within herself a penetrating force, unknown alike to error and falsehood. I say 'truth' and you understand my meaning. For the beautiful words truth and justice need not to be defined in order to be understood in their true sense.

Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.

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