If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

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.

Someone who lives meaningfully for 30 years has lived a much longer Life than one who drifted through Life for 60 years.

Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.

The best of my essence is shown to those who value my energy and appreciate my love, some would call it selfish, I call it selective.

It was exactly the sort of thing I needed to be reading that afternoon: a story where, no matter how bad things got, you knew everything was going to turn out fine in the end.

Freedom from mental distraction equals power.

Life is a disease.

Pain I keep to myself; my music is for entertainment purposes and I always have that in mind.

I'm actually a very moral guy.

Man and woman, love, what is it? A cork and a bottle.

And I agreed the feeling of action as he was flying or jumping or leaping - a flowing cape would give it movement. It really helped, and it was very easy to draw.