A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.

Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain.

To one, science is an exalted goddess; to another it is a cow which provides him with butter.

It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth.

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Obedience decks the Christian most.

A virtuous name is the precious only good, for which queens and peasants' wives must contest together.