A man in debt is so far a slave.

If thought makes free, so does the moral sentiment. The mixtures of spiritual chemistry refuse to be analyzed.

I am always insincere, as always knowing there are other moods.

The god or hero of the sculptor is always represented in a transition from that which is representable to the senses, to that which is not.

Society does not love its unmaskers.

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.