Prejudice is the child of ignorance.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.

The soul of conversation is sympathy.

We talk little if we do not talk about ourselves.