The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it.

A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues?

Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.

History is the long, difficult and confused dream of Mankind.

No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.

A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the production of its works is not as easy to name

There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake.