The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.
To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
A distracted existence leads us to no goal
In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.