He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

It is not customary to love what one has.

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.