I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.

L'homme n'est pas un cercle à un seul centre ; c'est une ellipse à deux foyers. Les faits sont l'un, les idées sont l'autre.

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.

I repeat, whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all.

Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race.