There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be.

Look somewhere else for someone who can follow you in your researches about numbers. For my part, I confess that they are far beyond me, and I am competent only to admire them.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.

What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.

La vraie e loquence se moque de l'e loquence, la vraie morale se moque de la morale. True eloquence has notime foreloquence, true morality has no time for morality.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.