How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputation! When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her. There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older How many things which served us yesterday as articles of faith, are fables for us today. He who would teach men to die would at the same time teach them to live. Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying Since we cannot match it let us take our revenge by abusing it. | 
