Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.

Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.

I am a woman, and even if I could proceed with harshness and rigidity, it would disgust me nonetheless.

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.

Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.