History never repeats itself. Man always does.
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.
Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.