The history of science is science itself; the history of the individual, the individual.

Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.

Many young painters would never have taken their pencils in hand if they could have felt, known, and understood, early enough, what really produced a master like Raphael.

There is no way to face the great advantages of another person than through love.

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.

What a man does not understand, he does not possess.

A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.