Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.

Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is by uniting their separate powers in a combination strong enough to overcome any resistance, uniting them so that their powers are directed by a single motive and act in concert.