The peculiar property of truth is never to commit excesses. What need has it of exaggeration?

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Not being heard is no reason for silence.

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In its printed form, thought is more imperishable than ever; it is volatile, irresistible, indestructible.

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Thus, in speaking of Bonaparte, one was free to sob or to puff up with laughter, provided that hatred lay at the bottom.

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I think, therefore I doubt.

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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

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Every man is a book in which God himself writes.

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He caught glimpses of everything, but he saw nothing.

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Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.

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