How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

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

All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.

Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.