O how small a portion of earth will hold us when we are dead, who ambitiously seek after the whole world while we are living.
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Colors are the smiles of nature.
I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth.
If you can laugh at it then you can live with it
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.