Quote #17086
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading...
Quote #30366
Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.
Quote #13512
I never know how much of what I say is true.
Quote #6816
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet....
Quote #11746
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, — a mere heart...
Quote #23854
It is better, of cours, to know useless things than to know nothing.
Quote #27566
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for...
Quote #29383
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the...
Quote #6482
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick, not wounded:...
Quote #24519
They can expect nothing but their labour for their pains.