A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers

Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.

We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.

There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.