A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

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.

A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.

The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.

Reason looks at necessity as the basis of the world; reason is able to turn chance in your favor and use it. Only by having reasonremain strong and unshakable can we be called a god of the earth.