"Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?"

"I have a horror of being photographed. I feel as though the camera is stealing my soul."

"To die is nothing; but to live is dreadful."

"The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men."

"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end sees light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God."