He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards.

The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen.

Many are less fortunate than you' may not be a roof to live under, but it will serve to retire beneath in the event of a shower.

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.

If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'.

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.