Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.

To amend mankind, moralists should show them man, not as he is, but as he ought to be.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

Superstition is only the fear of belief, while religion is the confidence.

There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.