“The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.”

“If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.”

“Now I find my good menAre gathered in the nightTo wait in silence, not to sleepAnd the glorious word of libertyThey whisper and murmurTill in unaccustomed strangenessOn the steps of our temperOnce again in delight they cryFreedom! Freedom!”

“I have, alas! Philosophy,Medicine, Jurisprudence too,And to my cost Theology,With ardent labor, studied through.And here I stand, with all my lore,Poor fool, no wiser than before.”

“Eğer gönüller gerçekten aydınlıksa, güneş ışığına gerek kalmaz.Başkalarının esirgediği şeyi biz kendi kalbimizde buluyoruz..”

“Ah! două suflete-s în mine! Cum se zbatÎn piept să nu mai locuiască împreună! Unul de lumestrâns mă ţine, încleştat; cu voluptate, celălaltputernic către cereşti limanuri mă îndrumă.”

“Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.”