He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical.

Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

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.

Literature is the most beautiful of countries

Nature has placed the need to see justice done in some souls, and the need to flout and affront it in others.

It is necessary to make virtue fashionable.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.