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

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.

Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.

The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.

Time is that in which all things pass away.

The truth can wait, for it lives a long life.

We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.