Art is the path of the creator to his work.

A moment is a concentrated eternity.

Don't make a novel to establish a principle of political economy. You will spoil both.

O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas.

The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues.

In private places, among sordid objects, an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple, the sun as its cradle. Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man, only let his thoughts be of equal greatness.

Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.