Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their youth show only the first traces of it.

I constantly saw the false and the bad, and finally the absurd and the senseless, standing in universal admiration and honour.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.

As a general rule, the longer a man's fame is likely to last, the later it will be in coming; for all excellent products require time for their development.

The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad action implies that future actions of the same kind will, under similar circumstances, also be bad.