As man is, so is his God. And thus is God oft strangely odd.

Each traveler should know what he has to see, and what properly belongs to him, on a journey.

Shakespeare is dangerous to young poets; they cannot but reproduce him, while they fancy that they produce themselves.

The iron hand of necessity commands, and her stern decree is supreme law, to which the gods even must submit. In deep silence rules the uncounselled sister of eternal fate. Whatever she lays upon thee, endure; perform whatever she commands.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.