Friendship has its illusions no less than love.
A good book is an event in my life.
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
What is really beautiful must always be true.