A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

He who defends everything defends nothing.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.