No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to nourish the world.

The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness.

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.

There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.

Memory is a gulf that a word can move to its lowest depths.