No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

The Future is hidden even from those who are forging it.

Distrust even Mathematics; albeit so sublime and highly perfected, we have here a machine of such delicacy it can only work in vacuo, and one grain of sand in the wheels is enough to put everything out of gear. One shudders to think to what disaster such a grain of sand may bring a Mathematical brain. Remember Pascal.

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

There is only one science, love, one riches, love, only one policy, love. To make love is all the law and the prophets.

Chance is the pseudonym God uses when He'd rather not sign His own name.

Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.