Art is long, life is short; judgement difficult, opportunity transient.

Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings in the general concerns of the world.

Forget not that the man who cannot enjoy his own natural gifts in silence, and find his reward in the exercise of them, will generally find himself badly off.

He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.

The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

What in us the women leave uncultivated, children cultivate when we retain them near us.