It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination.

Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

Man is as full of potential as he is of importance.