“My life is a battle.”
“Men argue, nature acts.”
“Common sense is not so common.”
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
“The best is the enemy of the good.”
“The superfluous is very necessary.”
“Work is often the father of pleasure.”
“Tears are the silent language of grief.”
“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”
“Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.”
“A long dispute means that both parties are wrong”
“Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.”
“Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.”
“Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.”
“It is only through timidity that states are lost.”
“Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.”
“All kinds are good except the kind that bores you.”
“Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.”
“Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.”
“The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.”
“Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels.”
“Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.”
“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”
“God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.”
“You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.”
“Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness.”
“I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.”
“The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.”
“History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.”
“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.”