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

We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.

I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.

Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.

Space is the stature of God.

Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.

Slander is the solace of malignity.