Those who have no hope for a future life are already dead for the present one.

I had rather be Mercury, the smallest among seven [planets], revolving round the sun, than the first among five [moons] revolving round Saturn.

Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

Gray are all the theories, But green is the tree of life.