Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.
Too rigid scruples are concealed pride.
The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.
He who can not learn to love must flatter.
There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.