What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim.

Whatever the State saith is a lie; whatever it hath is a theft: all is counterfeit in it, the gnawing, sanguinary, insatiate monster.

One should never know too precisely whom one has married

How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.

One is most dishonest to one's god: he is not allowed to sin.

When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.

The vanity of others runs counter to our taste only when it runs counter to our vanity.