The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.

The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.

Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes

Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures.

Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.

In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.

Fear loves the idea of danger.