It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence.

Where violence reigns, reason is weak.

We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

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

Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.