If this is dying, I don't think much of it.

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.

Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.

It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.

Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake.

There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

Poor motivation and alertness cause complacency

Many people will fight you, not because you are wrong, but because you are different.

Writing means being a fascinated slave to current events.

You all know, " said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy.

Our families should gather for family prayer morning and night.

I love Gwen Stefani's style, I think she's dope.

Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.

You don't get heaven or hell. Do you know the only reward you get for being Batman? You get to be Batman.

I think I should know how to educate a boy, but not a girl; I should be in danger of making her too learned.

Amid those scenes of solitude... the mind is cast into the contemplation of eternal things.