History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.

The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water.'

Let us help one another to bear our burdens.

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

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

Religion may be purified. This great work was begun two hundred years ago: but men can only bear light to come in upon them by degrees.