There is such a thing as the pressure of darkness.

What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.

Oh! Everything I loved!

The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

My revenge is fraternity! No more frontiers! The Rhine for everyone! Let us be the same Republic, let us be the United States of Europe, let us be the continental federation, let us be European liberty, let us be universal peace!

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.