One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

To beprepared is half the victory.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.