The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.
Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.
Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.
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.
inventiveness is childish, practice sublime.
The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.