To win ones joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.

We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

Though a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.