He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
Clever tyrants are never punished.