Doubt is the freedom of thought. Any claim to truth can be doubted.

The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch.

We shall find in our troubled hearts, where discord reigns, two needs which seem at variance, but which merge, as I think, in a common source - the love of the true, and the love of the fabulous.

What is a great life if not a youthful idea executed by a man of mature years.

The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives

A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.