Virtue Is No Empty Echo.

Man Is An Imitative Creature.

Chains Of Iron Or Of Silk-both Are Chains.

Eternity Gives Nothing Back Of What One Leaves Out Of The Minutes.

Culture, Far From Giving Us Freedom, Only Develops, As It Advances, New Necessities; The Fetters Of The Physical Close More Tightly Around Us, So That The Fear Of Loss Quenches Even The Ardent Impulse Toward Improvement, And The Maxims Of Passive Obedience Are Held To Be The Highest Wisdom Of Life.

The Lamp Of Genius Burns Quicker Than The Lamp Of Life.