Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.

When the soul communes with itself the lip is silent.

Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.

Laws die, books never.

Agreeable surprises are the perquisites of youth.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.