The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.

Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.

Rarely do we arrive at the summit of truth without running into extremes; we have frequently to exhaust the part of error, and even of folly, before we work our way up to the noble goal of tranquil wisdom.

O who knows what slumbers in the background of the times?

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.