I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.

We disjoint the mind like the body.

It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.

Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features

Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.