Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

The heart feels, the head compares.

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

The most disastrous times have produced the greatest minds. The purest metal comes of the most ardent furnace; the most brilliant lightning come of the darkest clouds.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

Perfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.