I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Common sense is not so common.

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

The malevolence of men revealed itself to his mind in all of its ugliness

Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

The atheists are for the most part imprudent and misguided scholars who reason badly who, not being able to understand the Creation, the origin of evil, and other difficulties, have recourse to the hypothesis the eternity of things and of inevitability.