I do not understand; I pause; I examine.

We may so seize on virtue, that if we embrace it with an overgreedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.

Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves.

A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.

One should always have one's boots on and be ready to leave.

I never rebel so much against France as not to regard Paris with a friendly eye; she has had my heart since my childhood... I love her tenderly, even to her warts and her spots. I am French only by this great city: the glory of France, and one of the noblest ornaments of the world.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?