Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events.

At times I think and at times I am.

Order always weighs on the individual. Disorder makes him wish for the police or for death. These are two extreme circumstances in which human nature is not at ease.

The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us.

Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of what never happens twice.