And then, strange to say, the first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity; in a girl, it is boldness.

With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.

You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.

A library implies an act of faith.

Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them.

What is said about men often has as much influence upon their lives, and especially upon their destinies, as what they do.

Genius: the superhuman in man.