Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

Hypotheses are lullabies for teachers to sing their students to sleep.

Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Art is based on a strong sentiment of religion,--on a profound and mighty earnestness; hence it is so prone to co-operate with religion.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.