The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

Ask a toad what is beauty....; he will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a large flat head, a yellow belly and a brown back.

Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing, and love those who love you.