Universal silence is taken to imply the consent of the people.

He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies

It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.

It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately a page and a mouthful; it is as though my book were dining with me.

Self-love is an instrument useful but dangerous; it often wounds the hand which makes use of it, and seldom does good without doing harm.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin.