Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.

An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.

God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

You don't love if you don't take the beloved's faults for virtues.