I am glad that I am not a man, for then I should have to marry a woman.

Speech happens to not be his language.

Love is admiring with the heart. And admiring is loving with the mind.

Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.

[Ridicule] laughs at all those who see the earnestness of life and who still believe in true feelings and in serious thought ... It soils the hope of youth. Only shameless vice is above its reach.

Divine Wisdom, intending to detain us some time on earth, has done well to cover with a veil the prospect of the life to come; for if our sight could clearly distinguish the opposite bank, who would remain on this tempestuous coast of time?

The only equitable manner in my opinion, of judging the character of a man is to examine if there are personal calculations in his conduct; if there are not, we may blame his manner of judging, but we are not the less bound to esteem him.