Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.
Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.
No one is more liable to make mistakes than he who acts only on reflexion.