If one hour's work is enough to govern France, four minutes is all that is needed for Italy. There is no nation more easily frightened; even its poetic imagination predisposes it to fear, and they look upon power as on an image that fills them with terror.

The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.

there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

In women's destiny everything goes downhill except for thought, whose immortal nature it is to keep constantly rising.

One must, so long as there is any life left, back up the character of one's life.

Love, supreme power of the heart, mysterious enthusiasm that encloses in itself all poetry, all heroism, all religion!