As soon as you are in a social setting, you better take away the key to the lock of your heart and pocket it; those who leave thekey in the lock are fools.

The man who masters himself is delivered from the force that binds all creatures.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life!

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored.