Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

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

When women oppose themselves to the projects and ambition of men, they excite their lively resentment; if in their youth they meddle with political intrigues, their modesty must suffer.

[On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man.

Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.

nothing is so horrifying as the possibility of existing simply because we do not know how to die.

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