If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.

Anticipation and Hope are born twins.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.

Patience patience quotes is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

My bad head cannot adjust itself to the way things are.... If I want to depict spring, it has to be in wintertime; if I want to describe a beautiful landscape, I must be enclosed within walls; and I have said a hundred times that if I were put in the Bastille, there I would paint a picture of liberty.

Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.