Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.

Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the beautiful.

A deep meaning often lies in old customs.

To one, science is an exalted goddess; to another it is a cow which provides him with butter.

In love, Jealousy is the great exaggerator.

Chains of iron or of silk-both are chains.

Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present.