Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

We can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play, but who ponder over their results.

As for our majority... one is enough.

The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.