The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.

Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself.

In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.

Though a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.

By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.