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.

The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading.

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.

Cities are the abyss of the human species.

I hate books; they only teach people to talk about what they don't understand.

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.

Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant.