No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts

No man can live happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another, if thou wishest to live for thyself.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave. He is above, or at any rate, beyond the reach of, all political powers.

Nothing is so contemptible as the sentiments of the mob.