Great Throughts Treasury

"Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down."

"The ears are the last feature to age."

"Women make us poets, children make us philosophers."

"Old ages lives minutes slowly, hours quickly; childhood chews hours and swallows minutes. "

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

"When indifferent, the eye takes still photographs; when interested, movies. "

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

"The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom. When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies. Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face."

"The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think."

"Crowds are comforting to those who are physically dissatisfied with themselves. "

"Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake up before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body; man sleeps with his body in his mind. "

"Extreme terror gives us back the gestures of our childhood. "

"Laughter is regional; a smile extends over the whole face. "