A school of art or of anything else is to be looked on as a single individual, who keeps talking to himself for a hundred years, and feels an extreme satisfaction with his own circle of favorite ideas, be they ever so silly.

Only he who finds empiricism irksome is driven to method.

The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.

Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Life is not anything, but an opportunity for something.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.