There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Wit is educated insolence.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.