History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

People who don't count won't count.

In order that knowledge be properly digested it must have been swallowed with a good appetite.

In every well-governed state wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies it is the only sacred thing.

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.

All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.

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