I do not know whether I would not like much better to have produced one perfectly formed child by intercourse with the muses than by intercourse with my wife.

It's not victory if it doesn't end the war.

If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price.

Our wisdom and deliberation for the most part follow the lead of chance.

I do not understand; I pause; I examine.

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. If I were pressed to say why I loved him, I feel that my only reply could be: Because it was he, because it was I.

But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature.