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.

The more you say, the less they remember.

Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.

Unhappiness does make people look stupid.

We thank God for having created this world, and praise Him for having made another, quite different one, where the wrongs of this one are corrected.

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

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