Deep meaning lies often in childish play.

No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny.

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.

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.

Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.

Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.

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