What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.

Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.

There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.

A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.