That, however, is - mediocrity, though it be called moderation.

The most welcome joke to me is the one that takes the place of a heavy, not altogether innocuous thought, at once a cautionary hint of the finger and a flash of the eye.

If ye would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not get yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads!

A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie.

Principle of "Christian love": it insists upon being well paid in the end.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

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.