And His Hands Would Plait The Priest's

Pithy Sentences Are Like Sharp Nails Which Force Truth Upon Our Memory.

What A Fine Comedy This World Would Be If One Did Not Play A Part In It.

A Thing Is Not Proved Just Because No One Has Ever Questioned It. What Has Never Been Gone Into Impartially Has Never Been Properly Gone Into. Hence Scepticism Is The First Step Toward Truth. It Must Be Applied Generally, Because It Is The Touchstone.

Passions Destroy More Prejudices Than Philosophy Does.

Only Passions, And Great Passions, Can Raise The Soul To Great Things. Without Them There Is No Sublimity, Either In Morals Or In Creativity. Art Returns To Infancy, And Virtue Becomes Small-minded.