All that tends not to charity is figurative. The sole aim of the Scripture is charity.

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

What amazes me most is to see that everyone is not amazed at his own weakness.

We do not rest satisfied with the present.... So imprudent we are that we wander in the times which are not ours and do not thinkof the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is generally painful to us.

Brave deeds are wasted when hidden.

All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to war, and of others avoiding it, is the same desire in both, attended with different views. The will never takes the least step but to this object. This is the motive of every action of every man, even of those who hang themselves.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.