Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being.

Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven.

The book which most deserved to be banned would be a catalog of banned books.