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.

Silence is the wit of fools.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

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

God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.

The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.

If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.