One must know how to conserve oneself- the best test of independence.

Women want to serve, and this is where their happiness lies: but the free spirit does not want to be served, and this is where hishappiness lies.

We would not let ourselves be burned to death for our opinions: we are not sure enough of them for that.

To one who is accustomed to thinking a lot, every new thought that he hears or reads about immediately appears as a link in a chain.

Ten truths must you find during the day; otherwise will you seek truth during the night, and your soul will have been hungry.

Yet where is your inner value when you no longer know what it is to breathe freely; when you no longer have freedom over your own selves

Whom do you call bad?--Those who always want to induce shame.