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.

Pity makes suffering contagious.

The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.

What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

Whoever thinks much and to good purpose easily forgets his own experiences, but not the thoughts which these experiences have called forth.

When one thinks profusely and cleverly, not only his face but his body too takes on a clever appearance.

The real world is much smaller than the imaginary