Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.

It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs.

All our troubles come from not being able to be alone.

Fashion is a tyrant from which nothing frees us. We must suit ourselves to its fantastic tastes. But being compelled to live under its foolish laws, the wise man is never the first to follow, nor the last to keep it.

Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort. Then he feels his nullity, loneliness, inadequacy, dependence, helplessness, emptiness.

Kind words do not cost much. They never blister the tongue or lips. They make other people good-natured. They also produce their own image on men's souls, and a beautiful image it is.