The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest.
It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.
A selfish man is a thief.
Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.
No fruit on earth can rival the cemetery's crop
Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo.