One must not hope to be more than one can be.

He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.

Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public.

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.

Thought consoles us for all, and heals all. If at times it does you ill, ask it for the remedy for that ill and it will give it to you.

There aren't many benefactors who don't say, like Satan: All these things will I give you if you bow down and worship me.