Writing is the painting of the voice.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

The infinitely little have pride infinitely great.

The heart has its own reasons that reason can't understand.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.

Men employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

Men argue. Nature acts.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Love truth, but pardon error.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is dangerous to be right, when the government is wrong.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

I've decided to be happy because it's good for my health.

History should be written as philosophy.

History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

Had no need of a guide to learn ignorance.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

Fear could never make a virtue.

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is.

Common sense is not so common.

Better is the enemy of good.

A witty saying proves nothing.

A good imitation is the most perfect originality.