Genius inspires this thirst for fame: there is no blessing undesired by those to whom Heaven gave the means of winning it.

Why shouldn't man be as angry about not having always been alive as about having to stop being alive?

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

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

The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.

Thought can never be compared with action, but when it awakens in us the image of truth.

All music, even if its occasion be a gay one, renders us pensive.