Some say that we shall never know, and that to the gods we are like the flies that the boys kill on a summer's day, and some say, to the contrary, that the very sparrows do not lose a feather that has not been brushed away by the finger of God.

The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth.

People were always asking for good sound proofs; doubt springs eternal in the human breast, even in countries where the Inquisition can read your very thoughts in your eyes.

I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?

If a man has no vices, he is in great danger of making vices about his virtues, and there's a spectacle.

The best thing about animals is they don't talk much.