Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Ignorance never settles a question.

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.

He was one of these men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.

As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.

All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!