In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.
We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best.
The Arab who built himself a hut with marbles from the temple of Palmyra is more philosophical than all the curators of the museums of London, Paris, and Munich.
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
The man of science multiples the points of contact between man and nature.