There are no sects in geometry.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.