There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Whatever is the object of a saint's hope is the subject of his prayer.

Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

I am amazed to see how deliberately I have entangled myself step by step. To have seen my position so clearly, and yet to have acted so like a child!

A state of true and universal tolerance is best ensured by leaving alone the peculiarities of men and peoples.