The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives
Alfred de VignyWhat it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.
Alfred de VignyA calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.
Alfred de Vigny