Pleasantry is never good on serious points, because it always regards subjects in that point of view in which it is not the purpose to consider them.
To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.
Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.
History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.