"[Concerning the love La Fontaine felt for animals] He follows their emotions, he represents their reasonings, he beco…"

"J'ai beaucoup étudié les philosophes et les chats. La sagesse des chats est infiniment supérieure."

"The production of a work of art is determined by the material and intellectual climate in which a man lives and dies."

"Napoleon, far more Italian than French, Italian by race, by instinct, imagination, and souvenir, considers in his pla…"

"The critic who attempted to carry on 's ideas, who developed them in his own way and added his own distinct and remar…"

"M. Taine, looking as usual for formulas and labels, says that the most complete description of Balzac is that he was …"

"Les hommes font les lois. Les femmes font les mœurs."

"The standing armies, while a burden on the people, are inadequate for the achievement of great and decisive results i…"

"Let Man remember that he is the Master, but not a Tyrant."

"Ce temps, si court, a des langueurs mortelles Quand l'âme oisive en compte les instans: C'est le travail qui lui donn…"