Men despise great projects when they do not feel themselves capable of great successes.

We are less hurt by the contempt of fools than by the lukewarm approval of men of intelligence.

To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.

Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".

All men are born truthful and die liars.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The mind is the soul's eye, not its source of power. That lies in the heart, in other words, in the passions.