The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

Jesus is the purest among the mighty, and the mightiest among the pure, who, with his pierced hand has raised empires from their foundations, turned the stream of history from its old channel, and still continues to rule and guide the ages

If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge.

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.

Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.

It is not great, but little good-haps that make up happiness.