Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a word. I am speaking of myself.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.

Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing.

There are those to whom one must advise madness.

Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.