In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.