I continued to do arithmetic with my father, passing proudly through fractions to decimals. I eventually arrived at the point where so many cows ate so much grass, and tanks filled with water in so many hours. I found it quite enthralling.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

Money ... is always the great clue to what is happening in the world.

A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves

Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.

Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.