You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth person

Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old errors

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

The solution of every problem is another problem

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they are mistaken