Speech happens to not be his language.

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

Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.

If it were not for respect for human opinions, I would not open my window to see the Bay of Naples for the first time, whilst I would go five hundred leagues to talk with a man of genius whom I had not seen.

The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns.

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.