When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.

Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).

It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.

The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.

Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.