The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.