We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.

We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.

It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel.

Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely different.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.