“The Ancients understood the omnipotence of the underside of things.”

There is a time in every man’s life when he looks to his God, when he looks at his life, when he wonders how he will be remembered.

When I approach a child he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is and respect for what he may become.

Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.

Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct it.

Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Life comes only from life.

Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

Oh my goodness the mystery that has prompted my objective. My quality lies exclusively in my tirelessness.

Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries.

The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely great.

The flavor of wine is like delicate poetry.

The idea of God is a form of the idea of the Infinite.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Sometimes, when I see my grand daughters make small discoveries of their own, I wish I were a child.

Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.