Patriotism corrupts history.

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing

To make something you have to be something.

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.