In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears

The historian must be a poet; not to find, but to find again; not to breathe life into beings, into imaginary deeds, but in order to re-animate and revive that which has been; to represent what time and space have placed at a distance from us.

When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.

It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.

To love is to choose.