Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?

To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.

To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

A book cannot easily be too bad for the general public, but may easily be too good.

Without imagination, there is no goodness, no wisdom.

Age either transfigures or petrifies.