- "We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win."
- "The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators."
- "The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular."
- "The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness."
- "Style is the image of character."
- "Our work is the presentation of our capabilities."
- "I was never less alone than when by myself."
- "I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."
- "I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes."
- "Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition."
- "Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity."
- "All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
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