The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

Truth is contrary to our nature, not so error, and this for a very simple reason: truth demands that we should recognize ourselves as limited, error flatters us that, in one way or another, we are unlimited.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

A useless life is an early death.

A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.