I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.