True freedom is to have power over oneself for everything.

There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.

I must accommodate my history to the hour: I may presently change, not only by fortune, but also by intention.

When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.