Those we call the ancients were really new in everything.

The past and present are only our means; the future is always our end. Thus we never really live, but only hope to live.

Continuity in everything is unpleasant.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

I cannot judge my work while I am doing it. I have to do as painters do, stand back and view it from a distance, but not too great a distance. How great? Guess.