Wisdom

I can really only thank you for your too flattering letter, inspired by our old friendship.

I have nothing to say about myself, except that I am doing my best, with the feeling that it will never be enough.

France is making incredible sacrifices every day.

In so vast a drama, my dear friend, my personality does not count.

Whether I was right or wrong at this time or that interests me no longer, since it all belongs to the past.

I have kept nothing of what I have said or written.

We attack not faiths or opinions, but despotism.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious

Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit

All men by nature desire knowledge

It is impossible to love and to be wise

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer

A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please