The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.
We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.
Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.
In a way, the main fault of all books is that they are too long.
Our errors and our controversies, in the sphere of morality, arise sometimes from looking on men as though they could be altogether bad, or altogether good.