it is the chief business of art to touch and to move and to do this by getting close to 'nature.'

When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.