Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him.

What Tarquin the Proud said in his garden with the poppy blooms was understood by the son but not by the messenger.

I look upon logical proofs the way a well-bred girl looks upon a love letter

Physics is nothing but the ABC's. Nature is an equation with an unknown, a Hebrew word which is written only with consonants to which reason has to add the dots.

Everything the human being heard from the beginning, saw with its eyes, looked upon and touched with its hands was a living word; for God was the word.

The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated

Lies, fables and romances must needs be probable, but not the truth and foundation of our faith.