Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure.
You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.