Gentlemen, I am tormented by questions; answer them for me.

Let us be servants in order to be leaders.

Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to a man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it.

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others.

A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.

I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.

With love one can live even without happiness.