Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
We can love with all our hearts those in whom we recognize great faults. It would be impertinent to believe that perfection alone has the right to please us; sometimes our weaknesses attach us to each other as much as our virtues.
Action makes more fortune than caution.
He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.