A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Mother of Marvels, mysterious and tender Nature, why do we not live more in thee.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.

Life is but a daily oscillation between revolt and submission.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrong-doing makes us irritable, and our heart, in its cunning, quarrels with what is outside it, in order that it may deafen the clamor within.