It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
Morality is the fruit of religion: to desire the former without the latter is to desire an orange without an orange-tree.
Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy.
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.
Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.