I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest virtue.

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.

Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.

Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.

To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.

It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.

Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.

People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.

An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.

You can make a difference in another person's life and not realize it, just by giving them One Moment of your time, One Memory to recall, One Motion that tells them they are not alone! OM!

The wealthiest Person on earth is one who is free from the love of Money

You may fancy a glimpse of the abyss where I grovelled!

I have never gone to a doctor in my adult life, feeling instinctively that doctors meant either cutting or, just as bad, diet.

A strange alternative * * *Must women have a doctor or a dance?

You have nothing to do but mention the quantum theory, and people will take your voice for the voice of science, and belive anything.

My position now, especially in this town, adds an element of skepticism with people you meet - especially girls. I mean, it becomes a lot more difficult.

I thought that the United Nations is a creature of the five super-powers who were given veto powers. I don't like veto powers at all.

Rekindled love is generally short-term.

Difficult people are the greatest teachers.