If it were absolutely necessary to choose, I would rather be guilty of an immoral act than of a cruel one.
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.
Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.
There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.
The Arab who built himself a hut with marbles from the temple of Palmyra is more philosophical than all the curators of the museums of London, Paris, and Munich.
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.