“Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams”

“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite”

“Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?”

“Health is my expected heaven”

“There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly”

“You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.”