Nor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Virtue is its own reward.

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?