Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.

Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.

Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.''.

The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.

The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

Women eat while they are talking; men talk while they are eating.

Women make us poets, children make us philosophers.

We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.