The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Liberty is the only idea which circulates with the human blood, in all ages, in all countries, and in all literature - liberty that is, and what cannot be separated from liberty, a love of country.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.

Conversation as talent exists only in France. In other countries, conversation provides politeness, discussion, and friendship; in France, it is an art for which imagination and soul are certainly very welcome, but which can also provide its own secret remedies to compensate you for the absence of either or both, if you so desire.

Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.