Great genial power, one would almost say, consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind.

Women have a less accurate measure of time than men; there is a clock in Adam, none in Eve.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

Pride ruined the angels.

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it.

Music and Wine are one.

Man's life is a progress, not a station.