The Ideas Of An Age

People Of Talent Resemble A Musical Instrument More Closely Than They Do A Musician. Without Outside Help, They Produce Not A Single Sound, But Given Even The Slightest Touch, And A Magnificent Tune Emanates From Them.

Caution Is The Daughter Of Circumspection, But She Tends To Outgrow Her Mother.

You Can Make The Best Of It And Be Content, Or You Can Complain, It Makes No Difference. What Does It Matter That Human Beings Judge The Things That Exist?

Do Hurry And Proclaim The Concordat. Then Castrate Yourselves To Keep From Sinning.

I Would Love To Be Able To Write A Tragedy In My Imagination--it Would Turn Into A Masterpiece.