The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.
Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.