One must be something, in order to do something.

Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.

A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex.

If you want to make life easy, make it hard.

The passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in keeping them asleep. If they we are lost.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.