Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.

The multitude which is not brought to act as a unity, is confusion. That unity which has not its origin in the multitude is tyranny.

I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought; he would be a stone or a brute.

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.

To understand is to forgive.

We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.