It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.
Success causes us to be more praised than known.
Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.
Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us.