We live between two dense clouds; the forgetting of what was and the uncertainty of what will be.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance. [The ability to focus on positives and distract your mind from negatives for at least a time is a necessary skill for being happy.]

Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil.

An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately, I'm only a man.'