When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

God is a shower to the heart burned up with grief; God is a sun to the face deluged with tears.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

The egoist does not tolerate egoism.

Evil often triumphs, but never conquers.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.