Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

Hours and days and months and years go by; the past returns no more, and what is to be we cannot know; but whatever the time gives us in which we live, we should therefore be content.

There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher.

So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

Justice renders to every one his due.