The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns.

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

A man's fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.

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

Great countries are those that produce great people.

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.