In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.

To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters.

Patriotism corrupts history.

It is opposition that makes us productive.