To meditate is to labour; to think is to act.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, shows at the same time the pearls and the soul.

In the domain of art there is no light without heat.

No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every day. But man must be civilized also in relation to nature.

There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.

He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.