The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.

I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.

Born merely for the purpose of digestion.

It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.