No great thought, no great object, satisfies the mind at first view, nor at the last.

Genius is always more suggestive than expressive.

Genius is clairvoyant.

Only those who love with the heart can animate the love of others.

Genius can never despise labour.

A woman . . . always feels herself complimented by love, though it may be from a man incapable of winning her heart, or perhaps even her esteem.

Labor is the law of happiness.

I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things.

Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.

What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business.

I thought you had forgotten me.”“I have spent my life remembering you.

I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain.

I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.

It is the greatest art of the devil to convince us he does not exist.

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Morals are a luxury of the rich.

I think people are complacent about sound, because we're so limited by the textures and timbres we hear in music, but in our everyday life we hear the most incredible things.

I don't feel I owe my readers details of my family's private life.

As buoyancy is not contrary to other characteristics of leadership, including decisiveness, accountability and performance standards, I don't ever think it can be self-defeating.