Many a crown shines spotless now that yet was deeply sullied in the winning.

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.

Freedom can occur only through education.

He who considers too much will perform little.

While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe.

The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.

I know that we often tremble at an empty terror; yet the false fancy brings a real misery.