Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.

Cling to thy native land, for it is the land of thy fathers?

It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, so mercy must encircle friend and foe. The sun poursforth impartially his beams through all the regions of infinity; heaven bestows the dew equally on every thirsty plant. Whatever is good and comes from on high is universal and without reserve: but in the heart's recesses darkness dwells.

It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.

Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.

Life is earnest, art is gay.