Life did not present its sunny side to thee.

His saying was: live and let live.

The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.

Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.

To the fool-king belongs the world.

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