Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.

Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too young—so have patience with it!

Love ever your neighbour as yourselves - but first be such as love themselves.

Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for?

Many a one cannot loosen his own fetters, but is nevertheless his friend's emancipator.

The danger of our culture.- We belong to a period of which the culture is in danger of being destroyed by the appliances of culture.

We have to be careful that in throwing out the devil, we don't throw out the best part of ourselves.