Originality provokes originality.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks

Fortunately, we can take in only so much misfortune; what exceeds that limit either destroys us or leaves us indifferent.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

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

The useful may be trusted to further itself, for many produce it and no one can do without it; but the beautiful must be specially encouraged, for few can present it, while yet all have need of it.

If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.