Lying is the strongest acknowledgement of the force of truth.
Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.
Experience makes us wise.
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.
We can be said only to fulfil our destiny in the place that gave us birth. I should on this account like well enough to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home!
The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why.