The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds.

Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.

Pride indemnifies itself and loses nothing even when it casts away vanity.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acpuire it.