I only study the things I like; I apply my mind only to matters that interest me. They'll be useful-or useless-to me or to others in due course, I'll be given-or not given-the opportunity of benefiting from what I've learned. In any case, I'll have enjoyed the inestimable advantage of doing things I like doing and following my own inclinations.

In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

Marriage follows on love as smoke on flame.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

To possess a good cognomen is a long way on the road of success in life.

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

A person of intellect without energy added to it, is a failure.