''A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss."
"A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude."
"A useless life is an early death."
"Common sense is the genius of humanity."
"The coward only threatens when he is safe."
"Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own."
"Where there is much light, the shadows are deepest."
"Power is neither male nor female."
"I had the great advantage of being born at a time that was ripe for earth-shaking events which continued throughout my long life, so that I witnessed the Seven Years War...the French Revolution, and the whole Napoleonic era down