In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

Today is, after all, today, but yesterday is of the same substance as tomorrow.

What a pathetic creature is man! His senses are awakened by the hope for the very thing whose consummation puts him to sleep.

The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.

Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.

Jealousy is a grievous passion that jealously seeks what causes grief.

Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.