Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.

What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols.

The best sentence? The shortest.

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.

Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.

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.'