A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.

Nature has inclined us to love men.

Always the same thing.