Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he?

I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.

My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge!

A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear.

This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too, go and sit down to work under it out of the rain.

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.

Well - when I write my book, and tell the tale Of my adventures - all these little stars That shake out of my cloak - I must save those To use for asterisks.

After a while the press of business in the province put an end to our philosophizing, and I returned with increased determination to my plans to fly to the Moon.

Your neck. I want to kiss it.

Those who doubt themselves will doubt you. Those who limit themselves will try to limit you. Do not fight them. Smile, go your own way, and trust that your example is enough.

The ocean will swallow you whole and burp you out and not notice you were even there.

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.

The only race I know is the human one.

A lot of people I meet say, 'You remind me so much of Magic Johnson.'

What do you do from morning to night?" "I endure myself.

Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they'll know it too.

It didn't make me glow. I felt more like I was fading away, like the world had forgotten me.

When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable.

Winners are born, Champions are made.