This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.
A good book is an event in my life.
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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.