Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. Is it astonishing that often these two languages contradict each other, and then to which must we listen? Too often reason deceives us; we have only too much acquired the right of refusing to listen to it; but conscience never deceives us; it is the true guide of man; it is to man what instinct is to the body; which follows it, obeys nature, and never is afraid of going astray.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

I don't know what is truth,but I can tell you how to find it!

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules.

What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.