Depression is a democratic sickness: it afflicts everyone.
Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.
The love of power excludes all others.
Politicians do nothing but ask of us, during every expiration of a legal statute, "a gesture of trust." But here trust is not enough; what's needed is an act of faith.
Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.
Men do not know how to appreciate and measure luck except that of others. Their own never.