Man is never so authentically himself as when at play.

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

We are citizens of an age, as well as of a State; and if it is held to be unseemly, or even inadmissible, for a man to cut himself off from the customs and manners of the circle in which he lives, why should it be less of a duty, in the choice of his activity, to submit his decision to the needs and the taste of his century?

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.

The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.

Satisfy a few to please many is bad.