Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered.
Though a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.
Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural, and the pleasure I feel in an action, I take as a sign that I ought to do it.