We light the oven so that everyone may bake bread in it.

A genuine man goes to the roots. To be a radical is no more than that: to go to the roots.

The brave forget. It is those who fought less bravely, or those who fought without justice and live in fear of their victory, who forget the least.

A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

Men are products, expressions, reflections; they live to the extent that they coincide with their epoch, or to the extent that they differ markedly from it.