Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth discover it

When one does not love too much, one does not love enough.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

Education produces natural intuitions, and natural intuitions are erased by education.

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.

In proportion as our own mind is enlarged we discover a greater number of men of originality. Commonplace people see no difference between one man and another.

Rivers are highways that move on and bear us whither we wish to go.