Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.

The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.

....oysters are the only food that never causes indigestion. Indeed, a man would have to eat sixteen dozen of these acephalous molluscs in order to gain the 315 grammes of nitrogen he requires daily.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.