Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.

In all things, to serve from the lowest station upwards is necessary. To restrict yourself to a trade is best. For the narrow mind, whatever he attempts is still a trade; for the higher, an art; and the highest in doing one thing does all, or, to speak less paradoxically, in the one thing which he does rightly he sees the likeness of all that is done rightly.

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.

Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.

Aptitudes are assumed, they should become accomplishments. That is the purpose of all education.

When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.

If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure of life itself is for the time lost.