Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.

The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music, which one hears for one's good as one approaches it.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Unhappy love freezes all our affections: our own souls grow inexplicable to us. More than we gained while we were happy we lose by the reverse.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.