Night and the day, when united, Bring forth the beautiful light.

He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by showing it the grief which looks up to the stars.

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.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art.

Nothing awakens reminiscence like an aroma.

There is no supernatural, there is only nature. Nature alone exists and contains all. All is. There is the part of nature that we perceive, and the part of nature that we do not perceive. ... If you abandon these facts, beware; charlatans will light upon them, also the imbecile. There is no mean: science, or ignorance. If science does not want these facts, ignorance will take them up. You have refused to enlarge human intelligence, you augment human stupidity. When Laplace withdraws Cagliostro appears.

You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.