What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.
I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.
It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.
Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.
Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.
Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois.
The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.
We are rarely proud when we are alone.