It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Glory can be for a woman but the brilliant morning of happiness.

If it were not for respect for human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.