To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.
The best is the enemy of the good.
In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
God has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest.
If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.