Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.

Chains of iron or of silk-both are chains.

I follow my heart, for I can trust it.

The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

The Greeks put us to shame not only by their simplicity, which is foreign to our age; they are at the same time our rivals, nay, frequently our models, in those very points of superiority from which we seek comfort when regretting the unnatural character of our manners. We see that remarkable people uniting at once fullness of form and fullness of substance, both philosophising and creating, both tender and energetic, uniting a youthful fancy to the virility of reason in a glorious humanity.

The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.

Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms.