Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.

Mystery such as is given of God is beyond the power of human penetration, yet not in opposition to it.

The most beautiful landscapes in the world, if they evoke no memory, if they bear no trace of a remarkable event, are uninteresting compared to historic landscapes.

Nothing recalls the past like music.