"Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born."

"Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea."

"Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him."

"There is nothing easier than lopping off heads and nothing harder than developing ideas."

"It's in the homes of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness."

"The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half."

"Sometimes the clearest mirrors come from those who are outside looking in."

"A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation."

"We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve."

"Patience is the key to content."

"I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in the Future."

"I have seen the science I worshipped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve."