To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

To renounce freedom is to renounce one's humanity, one's rights as a man and equally one's duties.

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.

Smell is the sense of memory and desire.

God made me and broke the mold.

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.