That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it.

Nothing recalls the past like music.

It is obvious that the most despotic forms of social organization would be suitable for inert men who are satisfied with the situation fate has placed them in, and that the most abstract form of democratic theory would be practicable among sages guided only by their reason. The only problem is to what degree it is possible to excite or to contain the passions without endangering public happiness.

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one whom we love

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'