Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct.

Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.

The highest cannot be spoken; it can only be acted.

Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own

There is no patriotic art.

The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.