The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Beauty brings its own fancy price, for all that a man hath will he give for his love.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.

Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you, if you are great.

We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth.

The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.

The man for whom the law exists - the man of forms, the conservative - is a tame man.