In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal.

There are a great deal of a great many kinds of love.

If this is dying, I don't think much of it.

Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.

The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.

It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.

In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought.