If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.
We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.