We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas.
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.