We distrust our heart too much, and our head not enough.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man.

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.

The orator is the mouth (os) of a nation.

Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise.

The egoist does not tolerate egoism.