Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any.

When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.

A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth?

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.