The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.
Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
I ought not to fear to survive my own people so long as there are men in the world; for there are always some whom one can love.