Inexperienced girls flatter themselves with the notion that it is in their power to make a man happy.

There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.

What is Genius?- To aspire to a lofty aim and to will the means to that aim.

We belong to an age whose culture is in danger of perishing through the means to culture.

Giving style” to one’s character - a great and rare art! It is exercised by those who see all the strengths and weaknesses of their own natures and then comprehend them in an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason and even weakness delights the eye.

We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are. We adults, on the other hand, have outgrown them and have to lower ourselves to stoop down to them. It seems to me that the grass hates us when we confess our love for it. Whoever would partake of all good things must understand how to be small at times.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?