One can acquire everything in solitude - except character

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears

Power, after love, is the first source of happiness

People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness