In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.

The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing.

On the waves of the brook she dances by, The light, the lovely dragon-fly; She dances here, she dances there, The shimmering, glimmering flutterer fair. And many a foolish young beetle's impressed By the blue gauze gown in which she is dressed; They admire the enamel that decks her bright, And her elegant waist so slim and slight.

Money is the god of our time, and Rothschild is his prophet.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions.

Silence is the essential condition of happiness.