Hypotheses are only the pieces of scaffolding which are erected round a building during the course of construction, and which are taken away as soon as the edifice is completed.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

The rogue has everywhere the advantage.

To become aware in time when young of the advantages of age; to maintain the advantages of youth in old age: both are pure fortune.