We are never in search of things, but always in search of the search.

Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.

To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank.

An advocate who has been well paid in advance will find the cause he is pleading all the more just.

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this.

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it.