The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

Every life is a profession of faith.

The beautiful souls of the world have an art of saintly alchemy, by which bitterness is converted into kindness, the gall of human experience into gentleness, ingratitude into benefits, insults into pardon.

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.