Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.
The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference.
A dictionary is merely the universe arranged in alphabetical order.
It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.