No wonder we are all more or less pleased with mediocrity, since it leaves us at rest, and gives the same comfortable feeling as when one associates with his equals.

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

We eagerly get hold of a law that serves as a weapon to our passions.

Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.

I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter.

One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.