He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
Custom is a second nature, and no less powerful.
There is a huge gulf between the man who follows the conventions and laws of his country and the man who sets out to regiment them and to change them.
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.
I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
It is equally pointless to weep because we won't be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here a hundred years ago.