In art, to express the infinite one should suggest infinitely more than is expressed.

The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.

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

To live as one likes is plebian the noble man aspires to order and law.

Men in a state of nature, uncivilized nations, children, have a great fondness for colors in their utmost brightness, and especially for yellow-red.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Man cannot persist long in a conscious state, he must throw himself back into the unconscious, for his root lives there.