When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

To see the world is to judge the judges.

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

Our worries always come from our weaknesses.

How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!

Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.

There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.