Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them..

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of t….

Every institution goes through three stages - utility, privilege, and abuse..

I value in the cat the independent and almost ungrateful spirit which prevents her from attaching herself to any one, the indifference with which she….

Every man carries within himself a world made up of all that he has seen and loved; and it is to this world that he returns, incessantly, though he m….

What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes b….

The heart feels, the head compares..

Atheism can benefit no class of people; neither the unfortunate, whom it bereaves of hope, nor the prosperous, whose joys it renders insipid, nor the….

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious..

As soon as a true thought has entered our mind, it gives a light which makes us see a crowd of other objects which we have never perceived before..

One does not learn how to die by killing others..

Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it..

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life..

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspect….

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his educati….

Religion assures us that our afflictions shall have an end; she comforts us, she dries our tears, she promises us another life. On the contrary, in t….

A moral character is attached to autumnal scenes; the leaves falling like our years, the flowers fading like our hours, the clouds fleeting like our ….

You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light..

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none..

Talent is nothing but long impatience..

My downfall made a great noise: those who appeared most satisfied criticized the manner of it..