There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Great passions are incurable diseases.

The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.

Some of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education; it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble.

People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.

Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.