Born merely for the purpose of digestion.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

The sublime only paints the true, and that too in noble objects; it paints it in all its phases, its cause and its effect; it is the most worthy expression or image of this truth. Ordinary minds cannot find out the exact expression, and use synonymes.

It is through madness that we hate an enemy, and think of revenging ourselves; and it is through indolence that we are appeased, and do not revenge ourselves.

The flatterer does not think highly enough of himself or of others.

We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.