In politics evils should be remedied not revenged.

Usually, it is man who attacks; as for me, I defend myself, and I often capitulate.

The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.

This vice brings in one hundred million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid it at once - as soon as you can name a virtue that brings in as much revenue.

God created you to be love, not abused.

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

Existence is perpetual motion. Galileo wondered about it, Da Vinci.

If it seems like you can see farther than most people, it is because you're standing on shoulders of giants.

The [Confederate] Flag is - literally - sewed division. People claim it means different things to different people, but it harkens back to the pro-slavery side of the war.

I like to leave the movie theater and still be thinking about the film and questioning why the character did that.

The only thing new is you finding out about something. Like nothing's really new, but you reinvent it for yourself and find your inner voice.

If I could meet my mother and marry her, I would. I would be with my mother now, if she weren't my mother, as sick as that sounds.

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.