It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.

That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.

Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.

Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.

Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.