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

“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”

“At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.”

“Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess. ”

“My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.”

“If you would create something,you must be something.”

“The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.”