Style, after all, rather than thought, is the immortal thing in literature.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.

God has thickly strewn infinity with grandeur.

Death, which we are accustomed to consider an evil, really acts for us the friendliest part, and takes away the commonplace of existence.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.