The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible . . . and to serve others as much as possible.

A man's every action is inevitably conditioned by what surrounds him and by his own body.

Woman is more impressionable than man. Therefore in the Golden Age they were better than men. Now they are worse.

If every man could act as he chose, the whole of history would be a tissue of disconnected accidents.

Christian love comes from the understanding that there is a unity of divine origins in oneself and in other people, and not only in people, but in all living things.

How can one be well...when one suffers morally?

No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit