All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.

Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

There is no way to face the great advantages of another person than through love.

How can we know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Begin at once to do your duty and immediately you will know what is inside you.

Men in a state of nature, uncivilized nations, children, have a great fondness for colors in their utmost brightness, and especially for yellow-red.

Let us not dream that reason can ever be popular. Passions, emotions, may be made popular; but reason remains ever the property of an elect few.