All perishable is but an allegory.

The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.

Let no one be ashamed to say yes today if yesterday he said no. Or to say no today if yesterday he said yes. For that is life. Never to have changed-what a pitiable thing of which to boast!

He who only tastes his error will long dwell with it, will take delight in it as in a singular felicity; while he who drains it to the dregs will, if he be not crazy, find it to be what it is.

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

One does not get to know that one exists until one rediscovers oneself in others.

Some people spend the day in complaining of a headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.