He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt.

It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the difficulty.

Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.

A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and how to attain it, which Christianity teaches.

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

The most pernicious of absurdities is that weak, blind, stupid faith is better than the constant practice of every human virtue.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.