Two things, almost incompatible, are united in me in a manner which I am unable to understand: a very ardent temperament, lively and tumultuous passions, and, at the same time, slowly developed and confused ideas, which never present themselves until it is too late. One might say that my heart and my mind do not belong to the same person.

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

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Trust your heart rather than your head.

That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.

Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.