It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.

We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavor to erase them.

Mysterious in the light of day, nature retains her veil, despite our clamours: That which she does not willingly display cannot be wrenched from her with levers, screws and hammers.

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.

Every individual who is not creative has a negative, narrow, exclusive taste and succeeds in depriving creative being of its energy and life.

A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.