We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

Why shouldn't man be as angry about not having always been alive as about having to stop being alive?

Of all human sentiments, enthusiasm creates the most happiness; it is the only sentiment in fact which gives real happiness, the only sentiment which can help us to bear our human destiny in any situation in which we may find ourselves.

A Gothic building engenders true religion ... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a silent image of that infinite mystery which the soul for ever feels, and never comprehends.

Exile: A tomb in which you can get mail.

Love which is only an episode in the life of men, is the entire history of the life of women.