Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning.

They - Young People have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things - and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning - all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything - they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.

Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

A period may be defined as a portion of speech that has in itself a beginning and an end, being at the same time not too big to be taken in at a glance

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.