Every form correctly seen is beautiful

It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him.

He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.

There is no remedy but love for the great superiority of others

It is a misfortune to pass at once from observation to conclusion, and to regard both as of equal value; but it befalls many a student.

He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.

Classicism is health, romanticisim is sickness.