It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.

You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.

As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.

Every man is his own worst enemy

There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.

Ignorance is not innocence.

Life is too short to be able to love as one should.