... in the history of the human mind there has never been a useful thought or a profound truth that has not found its century and admirers.

Men do not change; they unmask themselves.

Self-love, so sensitive in its own cause, has rarely any sympathy to spare for others.

The thing that must be preserved in all situations whatever is the reputation of one's character.

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

The memories which come to us through music are not accompanied by any regrets; for a moment music gives us back the pleasures it retraces, and we feel them again rather than recollect them.

O memory, thou bitter sweet,--both a joy and a scourge!