The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.

A variety of nothing is superior to a monotony of something.

The German language is the organ among the languages.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.