Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.

History is the zoology of the human race.

Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.

The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.

Before passing different laws for different people, I'd relinquish myself unto you as your slave.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.