The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.

The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.

It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.