God blesses man, not for having found but for having sought.

Philosophy should be an energy; it should find its aim and its effect in the amelioration of mankind.

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.

He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.

To introduce a new play only six weeks after another has been banned is also a way to speak one's piece to the government. It proves that art and liberty can grow back in one night under the clumsy foot which crushes them.

These are true felicities. No joy beyond these joys. Love is the only ecstasy, everything else weeps