A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea.

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.