To contemplate is to look at shadows.

There is no supernatural, there is only nature. Nature alone exists and contains all. All is. There is the part of nature that we perceive, and the part of nature that we do not perceive. ... If you abandon these facts, beware; charlatans will light upon them, also the imbecile. There is no mean: science, or ignorance. If science does not want these facts, ignorance will take them up. You have refused to enlarge human intelligence, you augment human stupidity. When Laplace withdraws Cagliostro appears.

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke.

What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing!

Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.

First problem. To produce wealth. Second problem. To distribute it.