The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.

Good music is very close to primitive language.

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.