He who attains his ideal, precisely thereby surpasses it.
The great works are produced in such an ecstasy of love that they must always be unworthy of it, however great their worth otherwise.
Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.
Enjoying praise is in some people merely a civility of the heart--and just the opposite of a vanity of the spirit.
The higher its type, the more rarely a thing succeeds.
We are terrified by the idea of being terrified.