It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.

God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since you care for flowers.

One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.

If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.

To sum up all, let it be known that science and religion are two identical words. The learned do not suspect this, no more do the religious. These two words express the two sides of the same fact, which is the infinite. Religion-Science, this is the future of the human mind.

If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.