Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

Victor Hugo

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.

Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.

If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!

If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!

It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.

It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a horrible hopefulness.

Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a horrible hopefulness.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.

There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.

A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.

A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.

No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.

Every man is a book in which God himself writes.

Every man is a book in which God himself writes.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

People do not lack strength; they lack will.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.