I hate books; they only teach people to talk about what they don't understand.
Everything made by man may be destroyed by man; there are no ineffaceable characters except those engraved by nature; and nature makes neither princes nor rich men nor great lords.
Even knaves may be made good for something.
Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable.
Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth.