Let the one fight for his flag, and the other for his ideal, and let them both imagine that they are fighting for the country; the strife will be colossal.

There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.

Philosophy is the microscope of thought. Everything desires to flee from it, but nothing escapes it.

There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to see a living being lose his hold upon it, and fall like a ripe fruit.

Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead.--I shall feel it.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

The wind of revolutions is not tractable.