Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all
To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd
Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Nothing can kill the power of the lower self, but everything serves to enhance it.
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart
I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute
Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive
Youth is not restored by the dyeing of your hair
