We are very wrong to think that some fault or other can exclude virtue, or to consider the alliance of good and evil as a monstrosity or an enigma.

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

It is a great sign of mediocrity to praise always moderately.

Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.

Clearness ornaments profound thoughts.

We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason.