To free a man from error is to give, and not to take away.
The face of a man gives us a fuller and more interesting information than his tongue; for his face is the compendium of all he will ever say, as it is the one record of all his thoughts and endeavors.
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
The difficulty is to teach the multitude that something can be both true and untrue at the same time.
The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it.
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete, devotes his heart entirely to money.
It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.
If you want to find out your real opinion of anyone, observe the impression made upon you by the first sight of a letter from him.