When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.
The city does not take away, neither does the country give, solitude; solitude is within us.
It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.
I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.
When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.