Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."

If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

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

My life is a struggle.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.