You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.

The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.

Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.

Twilight makes us pensive; Aurora is the goddess of activity; despair curses at midnight; hope blesses at noon.

I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility.

I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.