How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

Combien de choses nous servoyent hier d’articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd’huy?

How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which today are fables for us?

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.