Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our consideration.

Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately

The law of simplicity and naïveté applies to all fine art, for it is compatible with what is most sublime.

Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.

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