Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle
To be adult is to be alone.
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.