"The biggest reward for a thing well..." - Quote by Voltaire

“Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.”

“The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.”

“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”

“I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it's a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you're in the NHL.”

“What is it men love in Genius, but its infinite hope, which degrades all it has done? Genius counts all its miracles poor and short. Its own idea it never executed.”

“Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself”

“No profit grows where no pleasure is taken.”

“The smell rewards the care.”

“Originality will be rewarded in any line.”