Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.
inventiveness is childish, practice sublime.
We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.
The egotism of woman is always for two.
Love is above the laws, above the opinion of men; it is the truth, the flame, the pure element, the primary idea of the moral world.
there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.