I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. Read Summary
We live in this world in order always to learn industriously and to enlighten each other by means of discussion and to strive vigorously to promote the progress of science and the fine arts. Read Summary
When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly. Read Summary
How sad it is that these great gentlemen should believe what anyone tells them and do not choose to judge for themselves! But it is always so. Read Summary
An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life. Read Summary
My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me an opportunity to write for the church as much as I please. Read Summary
Just as people behave to me, so do I behave to them. When I see that a person despises me and treats me with contempt, I can be as proud as any peacock. Read Summary
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. Read Summary
I am one of those who will go on doing till all doings are at an end. Read Summary
Believe me, I do not like idleness but work. Read Summary