What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

I swear that, not being able to be yours, I will belong to no one.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

Better is the enemy of good.

Before receiving your instruction, I must tell you what happened to me one day. I had just had a closet built at the end of my garden. I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer; 'Here's a fine structure,' said the mole, 'it must have been a very powerful mole who did this work.' 'You're joking,' said the cockchafer; 'it's a cockchafer full of genius who is the architect of this building.' From that moment I resolved never to argue.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.