To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!
fretting at trouble only doubles it.
Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.
Learned women are ridiculed because they put to shame unlearned men.
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.
Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.