I would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the fatherland.

One is rarely an impulsive innovator after the age of sixty, but one can still be a very fine orderly and inventive thinker. One rarely procreates children at that age, but one is all the more skilled at educating those who have already been procreated, and education is procreation of another kind.

Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

God creates the animals, man creates himself.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

There are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or if you are 'single', I am sure that funny quotes on weddings and marriages always tend to put a wicked smile to the face. It is often said that 'People who are married are often desperate to get out of it and people who are single can't wait to get in!'

Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.