In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.

Intelligent women always marry fools

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear.

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

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

What men call civilization is the condition of present customs; what they call barbarism, the condition of past ones.