Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.
Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.
I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.
To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.