The courage of all one really knows comes but late in life.
There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.
A few hours of mountain climbing make a blackguard and a saint two rather similar creatures.
Systems of morals are only a sign-language of the emotions.
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.
one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.