We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth.
The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.
Love has no age as it is always renewing itself.
Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.
A little thing comforts us because a little thing afflicts us.
When we see an effect happen always in the same manner, we infer that it takes place by a natural necessity; as, for instance, that the sun will rise to morrow; but nature often deceives us, and will not submit to its own rules.