The enchanting charms 

of this sublime science 

reveal only to those 

who have the courage 

to go deeply into it.

Death is not an event in life: 

we do not live to experience death. 

If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration 

but timelessness, 

then eternal life belongs to those 

who live in the present.

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment 

in which there is no alloy; 

it lasts when all other pleasures fade.

Thoughts without content are empty, 

intuitions without concepts are blind.

I would sooner have you hate me 

for telling you the truth 

than adore me 

for telling you lies.

Originality is independence, 

not rebellion; 

it is sincerity, 

not antagonism.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.

Habit is a great deadener.

The more we do, 

the more we can do.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop 

than when we soar.

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure 

characterised both 

by youthful arrogance 

and by the belief 

that the truth, 

once found, 

would be simple 

as well as pretty.

Each of us finds his unique vehicle 

for sharing with others 

his bit of wisdom.

Keep well; 

that is the half of wisdom 

and of happiness.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: 

no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.