Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.
They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.
Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives.
There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him.