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

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.

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 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.

Talent is nothing but long impatience.

Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.