[On Napoleon:] One has the impression of an imperious wind blowing about one's ears when one is near that man.
The life of famous men was more glorious in antiquity; the life of obscure men is happier with the moderns.
Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.
Nothing recalls the past like music.
Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak.
The egotism of woman is always for two.