Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.
Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most
It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
Now is not the time for making new enemies.