The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian condition: here it is the mighty act of will, the will which moves mountains, the intoxication of the strong will, which demands artistic expression. The most powerful men have always inspired the architects; the architect has always been influenced by power.

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

Marriages that made out of love (so-called "love-matches") have error as their father and misery (necessity) as their mother.

The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.

A reader is doubly guilty of bad manners against an author when he praises his second book at the expense of his first (or vice versa) and then expects the author to be grateful for what he has done.

Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realised joy could be.

Emerson is a person who lives instinctively on ambrosia - and leaves everything indigestible on his plate.