The universe is in France; outside it, there is nothing.

Life, for me, is living among my friends.

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.

The study of history, it seems to me, leads to the conviction that all important events tend toward the same end - the civilization of mankind.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.

Nothing recalls the past like music.