A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets.

Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.

Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them are the growth of taste and knowledge.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.