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.

Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good.

I speak with the Eternal through the instrument of nature, through the world's history: I read the soul of the artist in his Apollo.

Foster the beautiful, and every hour thou tallest new flowers to birth.

When the wine goes in, strange things come out.

Man is created free, and is free, even though born in chains.