To lend freshness to things known, to spread knowledge of things new; an excellent program for a critic. - Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

A philosophical thought has probably not attained all its sharpness and all its illumination until it is expressed in French

Il m'a souvent passe par l'esprit, dit Gourville, que les hommes ont leurs proprietes a peu pres commes les herbes, et que leur bonheur consiste d'avoir ete destines ou de s'etre destines eux-memes aux choses pour lesquelles ils etaient nes.

Let us beware of irony when making judgements. Of all the dispositions of the mind, irony is the least intelligent.