Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.

The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never.

There are but few who have ideas and are, at the same time, capable of action. Ideas enlarge but stymie, action enlivens but confines.

The eternal female draws us onward.

To understand one thing well is better than understanding many things by halves.