What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Over all the mountain tops is peace.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

The more one knows, the more one comprehends, the more one realizes that everything turns in a circle.

Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.