There are things that don't deserve to be said briefly.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

There are moments when very little truth would be enough to shape opinion. One might be hated at extremely low cost.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.