The jealous are the readiest of all to forgive, and all women know it.
Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.
I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way.
When reason fails, the devil helps!