To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.

If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'.

The wisdom of providence is as much revealed in the rarity of genius, as in the circumstance that not everyone is deaf or blind.

He marvelled at the fact that the cats had two holes cut in their fur at precisely the spot where their eyes were.

As nations improve, so do their gods.

To write brashly about some things, it is almost necessary not to know much about them.