Children need models rather than critics.

Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.

Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.

Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.