To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.

The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.

No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.

If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.

Glory fills the world with virtue, and, like a beneficent sun, covers the whole earth with flowers and with fruits.

Hatred is keener than friendship, less keen than love.