Love is like a tree: it grows by itself, roots itself deeply in our being and continues to flourish over a heart in ruin. The inexplicable fact is that the blinder it is, the more tenacious it is. It is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.

The man who fights against his own country is never a hero.

A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed.

Despotism is a long crime.

Poetry contains philosophy as the soul contains reason.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

When I speak to you about myself, I am speaking to you about yourself. How is it you don't see that?