His Passions Make Man Live, His Wisdom

A Lover Is A Man Who Tries To Be More Amiable Than It Is Possible For Him To Be.

In The Fine Arts, As In Many Other Things, We Know Well Only What We Have Not Learned.

It Is Said Of A Lonely Man That He Does Not Appreciate The Life Of Society. This Is Like Saying He Hates Hiking Because He Dislikes Walking In Thick Forest On A Dark Night.

Whoever Is Not A Misanthrope At Forty Can Never Have Loved Mankind.

A Good Number Of Works Owe Their Success To The Mediocrity Of Their Authors' Ideas, Which Match The Mediocrity Of Those Of The General Public.