Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.

We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.

Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy.