No, no! I do nature injustice. She gave us inventive faculty, and set us naked, and helpless on the shore of this great ocean,--the world; swim those who can, the heavy may go to the bottom.

To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly is to be wise.

As noble Art has survived noble nature, so too she marches ahead of it, fashioning and awakening by her inspiration. Before Truth sends her triumphant light into the depths of the heart, imagination catches its rays, and the peaks of humanity will be glowing when humid night still lingers in the valleys.

Love is the reward of love.

An axe at home saves hiring a carpenter.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Men show no mercy and expect no mercy, when honor calls, or when they fight for their idols or their gods.