Our knowledge will take its revenge on us, just as ignorance exacted its revenge during the Middle Ages.
Fathers have a lot to do to make up for having sons.
Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things.
Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.
We are more pained when one of our friends is guilty of something shameful than when we do it ourselves.
The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.