There Is A Melancholy That Stems From

The Success Of Many Books Is Due To The Affinity Between The Mediocrity Of The Author's Ideas And Those Of The Public.

Calumny Is Like The Wasp Which Worries You, And Which It Is Not Best To Try To Get Rid Of Unless You Are Sure Of Slaying It; For Otherwise It Returns To The Charge More Furious Than Ever.

The Person Is Always Happy Who Is In The Presence Of Something They Cannot Know In Full. A Person As Advanced Far In The Study Of Morals Who Has Mastered The Difference Between Pride And Vanity.

Knowledge Is Boundless,--human Capacity, Limited.

One Can Be Certain That Every Generally Held Idea, Every Received Notion, Will Be Idiocy Because It Has Been Able To Appeal To The Majority