"Il y a les sachants et les savants: c'est la mémoire qui fait les uns, c'est la philosophie qui fait les autres. La philosophie ne s'apprend pas; la philosophie est la réunion des sciences acquises au génie qui les applique."
"All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope."
"How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it"
"Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it."
"A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failures certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it."
"True love always makes a man better, no matter what woman inspires it."