To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.

The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men.

An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last return

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.

The great trick of regarding small departures from the truth as the truth itself - on which is founded the entire integral calculus - is also the basis of our witty speculations, where the whole thing would often collapse if we considered the departures with philosophical rigour.

To make a vow is a greater sin than to break one.