Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.

The sickness of the heart is most easily got rid of by complaining and soothing confidence.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.