Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because there is nothing to be gained by him.