Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

The dog is a religious animal. In his savage state he worships the moon and the lights that float upon the waters. These are his gods to whom he appeals at night with long-drawn howls.

There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.

Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.

Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Yet, every now and then, there would pass a young girl, slender, fair and desirable, arousing in young men a not ignoble desire to possess her, and stirring in old men regrets for ecstasy not seized and now forever past.