In love, 'tis no other than frantic desire for that which flies from us.

Truth and reason are common to everyone, and are no more his who spake them first than his who speaks them after.

Whatever is preached to us, and whatever we learn, we should still remember that it is man that gives, and man that receives; it is a mortal hand that presents it to us, it is a mortal hand that accepts it.

And if nobody reads me, shall I have wasted my time, when I have beguiled so many idle hours with such pleasant and profitable reflections?

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

We must not attach knowledge to the mind, we have to incorporate it there.

Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.