Deaf rage that hears no leader.

Culture, far from giving us freedom, only develops, as it advances, new necessities; the fetters of the physical close more tightly around us, so that the fear of loss quenches even the ardent impulse toward improvement, and the maxims of passive obedience are held to be the highest wisdom of life.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

Freedom can occur only through education.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

The brave person thinks of himself last of all.

Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable - as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.