Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere. They eradicate hypocrisy from their hearts.

Ugly women may be naturally quite as capricious as pretty ones; but as they are never petted and spoiled, and as no allowances are made for them, they soon find themselves obliged either to suppress their whims or to hide them.

The heart errs like the head; its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness.

The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.

We chase dreams and embrace shadows.