There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.

Will localizes us, thought universalizes us.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

The masses are the material of democracy, but its form-that is to say, the laws which express the general reason, justice, and utility-can only be rightly shaped by wisdom, which is by no means a universal property.

Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident.

Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.