Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought, they willingly abandon to others the guardianship of their thoughts.

All things must; man is the only creature that wills.

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

If you want to study yourself, look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people, look into your own heart.

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.

Even now, nature is the only flame, on which the poetic spirit feeds; from it alone it draws all its power, to it alone it speaks even in the artificial, in the man engaged in culture.

Stern is the visage of necessity.