It gives liberty and breadth to thought, to learn to judge our own epoch from the point of view of universal history, history from the point of view of geological periods, geology from the point of view of astronomy.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Will localizes us, thought universalizes us.