There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may fly as far as the Moon.

An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.

Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.

A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools

I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.