Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.

Man would not be the finest creature in the world if he were not too fine for it.

Nature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. Variant: NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her.

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.