 Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it. |
| Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty. |
| Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts. |
| Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened. |
| The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. |
| A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it. |
| Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike. |
| The more I see of men the more I like dogs. |
| The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals. |
| Love is the whole history of a woman's life, it is but an episode in a man's. |
| The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it. |
| Speech happens to not be his language. |
| In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable. |
| The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. |
| One must chose in life between boredom and suffering. |
| A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. |
| To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent. |
| We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us. |
| Love is the emplem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory of begining, all fear of an end. |
| To understand everything makes one very indulgent. |
