Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things which differ and the difference of things which are alike.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)

I love looking up at the stars because they make me believe that some things in this world are permanent.

My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults.

I'm never embarassed.

Wonderful theory, wrong species.

There are no hard and fast rules. Sometimes you work for free and get no credit or courtesy. That's why you make sure you do what you love.

The central symbol for Canada-and this based on numerous instances of its occurrence in both English and French Canadian literature-is undoubtedly Survival, la Survivance.

I have been in Paris for almost a week and I have not heard anyone say calories, or cholesterol, or even arterial plaque. The French do not season their food with regret.

If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than steel.

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.