A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools

Women react differently: a French woman who sees herself betrayed by her husband will kill his mistress; an Italian will kill her husband; a Spaniard will kill both; and a German will kill herself.

Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.

Behold a universe so immense that I am lost in it. I no longer know where I am. I am just nothing at all. Our world is terrifying in its insignificance.

To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.

It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much.

Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another.

People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.

An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.

All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.

Cynicism is easy. An optimist is a braver cynic.

A lot of people are living their lives online in much more public ways with Facebook and Twitter.

We humans can look deep into future and predict what will happen, but then turn around and do nothing about it.

I think that we should all be defined by our work and our results.

My comments concerning persons afflicted with AIDS as well as various minority groups have left people wondering if I am a racist.

I have a vision for living. It's about elements of style. It's about all the things that I love, that I believe in.

God bless all the little children in the world.

It is actually helpful to acknowledge the truth that we are just as quirky as everyone else and that God loves quirky!

The people are starving. They need food; they need medicine; they need education. They do not need a skyscraper to house the ruling party and a 24-hour TV station.