Men commonly couple with their idea of marriage a slight degree at least of sensuality; but every lover, the world over, believesin its inconceivable purity.

As for the dispute about solitude and society, any comparison is impertinent. It is an idling down on the plane at the base of a mountain, instead of climbing steadily to its top.

Wherever you have planted a seed, I am prepared to expect wonders.

What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.

But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.

The savage lives simply through ignorance and idleness or laziness, but the philosopher lives simply through wisdom.

Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.