intellect is a sin that must be atoned for by leading exactly the life of those who have none.

How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune!

Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness.

Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics.

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.

Life resembles Gobelin tapestry; you do not see the canvass on the right side; but when you turn it, the threads are visible.

Of all human sentiments, enthusiasm creates the most happiness; it is the only sentiment in fact which gives real happiness, the only sentiment which can help us to bear our human destiny in any situation in which we may find ourselves.