From the moment fear begins I have ceased to fear.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Man, living, feeling man, is the easy sport of the over-mastering present.

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.

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

It is at the approach of extreme danger when a hollow puppet can accomplish nothing, that power falls into the mighty hands of nature, of the spirit giant-born, who listens only to himself, and knows nothing of compacts.

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.