If God had wanted to become an object of love, he would first of all have had to forgo judging and justice : a judge, and even a gracious judge, is no object of love.

The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?

The most instructive experiences are those of everyday life.

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.

There is not sufficient religion in the world merely to put an end to the number of religions.