He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

He also has energy who cannot be deprived of it.

Copiousness and simplicity, variety and unity, constitute real greatness of character.

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.

Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.