Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

Night is the other half of life, and the better half.

The best benefit we derive from history is the enthusiasm it excites.

Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united.

Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.

Someone criticized an elderly man for wooing young women. He replied that that was the only way to rejuvenation, which was, afterall, everybody's wish.

It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that I have not committed myself.