The stationary condition is the beginning of the end

If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

The mind must have for ballast the clear conception of duty, if it is not to fluctuate between levity and despair.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.