The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.
Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
