Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.

Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you, if you are great.

Grow angry slowly - there's plenty of time.

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens.

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners.

If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.

There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.