Love Is The Exchange Of Two Fantasies

There Are More People Who Wish To Be Loved Than There Are Who Are Willing To Love.

False Modesty Is The Most Decent Of All Lies.

And So I Leave This World, Where The Heart Must Either Break Or Turn To Lead (suicide Note)

I Only Study The Things I Like; I Apply My Mind Only To Matters That Interest Me. They'll Be Useful-or Useless-to Me Or To Others In Due Course, I'll Be Given-or Not Given-the Opportunity Of Benefiting From What I've Learned. In Any Case, I'll Have Enjoyed The Inestimable Advantage Of Doing Things I Like Doing And Following My Own Inclinations.

It Is When Their Age Of Passions Is Past That Great Men Produce Their Masterpieces, Just As It Is After Volcanic Eruptions That The Soil Is Most Fertile.