No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

There are no truths, only moments of claryty passing for answers.

Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language, the quest for new-fangled phrases and little-known words comes from a puerile and pedantic ambition.

I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.

A foreign war is a lot milder than a civil war.

I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.