We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being.

It is almost impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singeing somebody's beard.

There is something in our minds like sunshine and the weather, which is not under our control. When I write, the best things come to me from I know not where.

Delicacy in woman is strength.

The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant.