Love Is The Exchange Of Two Fantasies

What One Knows Best Is ... What One Has Learned Not From Books But As A Result Of Books, Through The Reflections To Which They Have Given Rise.

The Only Thing That Stops God From Sending Another Flood Is That The First One Was Useless.

Calumny Is Like The Wasp Which Worries You, And Which It Is Not Best To Try To Get Rid Of Unless You Are Sure Of Slaying It; For Otherwise It Returns To The Charge More Furious Than Ever.

Someone Described Providence As The Baptismal Name Of Chance; No Doubt Some Pious Person Will Retort That Chance Is The Nickname Of Providence.

It Is Commonly Supposed That The Art Of Pleasing Is A Wonderful Aid In The Pursuit Of Fortune; But The Art Of Being Bored Is Infinitely More Successful.