I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop.

Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.

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

If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.

A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn.

Progress is the stride of God.