All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. |
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education. |
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. |
The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it. |
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. |
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? |
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. |
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. |
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. |
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. |
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. |
We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced. |
A feeble body weakens the mind. |
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. |
The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity. |
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles. |
It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can. |
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. |
To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. |
Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it. |