Man is not a circle with a single center; he is an ellipse with two focii. Facts are one, ideas are the other. - Victor Hugo

Jésus a pleuré, Voltaire a souri; c’est de cette larme divine et de ce sourire humain qu’est faite la douceur de la civilisation actuelle.

"The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so."

Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to the bully; he who is very pious is slightly sanctimonious; there are just as many vices to virtue as there are holes in the mantle of Diogenes.