The more you know, the less sure you are.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea.

He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.