True wit never made us laugh.
The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.
We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
Today is a king in disguise.
My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady.
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.