They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.

I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter.

Self knowledge is best learned not by contemplation, but by action.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.