Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.

In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.