History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.
Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate.
People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.
Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.
Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.