Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.
Who understands much, forgives much.
How much past there is in a life, however brief it be.
inventiveness is childish, practice sublime.
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.
I never was able to believe in the existence of next year except as in a metaphysical notion.