“It is best one should quote what one doesn't understand at all in the language one knows the least”

“One should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least.”

“If one doesn't get what one wants in one world, one can always get it in another”

“What can be feared when one is doing one's duty? I know the rage of my enemies. I know all their slanders; but when one only tries to do good to men and when one does not offend heaven, one can fear nothing, neither during life nor after death.”

“We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one”

“I know of only one serious thing on this earth, the growing of grapes.”

“The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.”