With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

Those who cannot remember clearly their own childhood are poor educators.

Origins are of the greatest importance. We are almost reconciled to having a cold when we remember where we caught it.

One thought cannot awake without awakening others.

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.

The understanding of some men is clear, that of others brilliant. The former illumines its surroundings; the latter obscures them.