He who possesses science and art, Possesses religion as well; He who possesses neither of these, Had better have religion.

The older we grow, the greater become the ordeals.

As long as you don't practice it, this dying and becoming, You are only a dreary guest on this dark earth.

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

The rainbow mirrors human aims and action. Think, and more clearly wilt thou grasp it, seeing Life is but light in many-hued reflection.

Love can do much, but duty more.

It seems to me that every phenomenon, every fact, itself is the really interesting object. Whoever explains it, or connects it with other events, usually only amuses himself or makes sport of us, as, for instance, the naturalist or historian. But a single action or event is interesting, not because it is explainable, but because it is true.