What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

My life's dream has been a perpetual nightmare.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.

The atheists are for the most part imprudent and misguided scholars who reason badly who, not being able to understand the Creation, the origin of evil, and other difficulties, have recourse to the hypothesis the eternity of things and of inevitability.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.