“The greater part of the body speaks only to suffer. Every organ that makes itself known is already suspect of disorder.”

Original: La plus grande partie du corps ne parle que pour souffrir. Tout organe qui se fait connaître est déjà suspect de désordre. — The body normally remains unnoticed, and awareness of it often arrives through discomfort or disruption. · Tel quel (French)

• Body
• Health
• Suffering

“Wealth is an oil that smooths the machinery of life.”

Original: La richesse est une huile qui adoucit les machines de la vie. — Wealth is presented pragmatically as something that eases friction rather than as an absolute good. · Moralités (French)

• Commerce
• Life
• Wealth

“Hope is a form of scepticism: it is doubting misfortune for a moment.”

Original: L'espoir est un scepticisme. C'est douter du malheur un instant. — Hope is presented not as certainty but as the temporary refusal to accept the worst outcome. · Cahiers (French)

• Hope
• Scepticism
• Uncertainty