Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break from time to time, stupidity does not.
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.
Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.
When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil.
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can’t understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.