It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
I cried out and my own voice was muffled by the hood.
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
You can go a long way with bad legs and a good head.