One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall.

The dog has made man their God, if the dog was an atheist, it would be perfect.

My hand feels touched as well as it touches; reality says this, and nothing more.

What golden hour of life, what glittering moment will ever equal the pain its loss can cause?

Man is only man at the surface. Remove the skin, dissect, and immediately you come to machinery.

History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It fills people with false memories, exaggerates their reactions, exacerbates old grievances, torments them in their repose, and encourages either a delirium of grandeur or a delusion of persecution. It makes whole nations bitter, arrogant, insufferable and vainglorious.

Having precise ideas often leads to a man doing nothing.