Everyone is a genius at least once a year.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

Nowadays beautiful women are counted among the talents of their husbands.

A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!