We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.