The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!

The most irascible person is most likely to become apathetic in dangerous situations.

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.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.