In quarrels such as these not ours to intervene.

As a twig is bent the tree inclines.

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.

When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.

This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage...

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

“The only thing better than imagining Dimitri carrying me in his arms was imagining him shirtless while carrying me in his arms.”

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

“To douchebags!" he said, gesturing to Brad. "And to girls that break your heart," he bowed his head to me. His eyes lost focus. "And to the absolute fucking...

“Once you had put the pieces back together, even though you may look intact, you were never quite the same as you'd been before the fall.”