Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.

When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.

If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.

Energy will do anything that can be done in this world.