The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!

There are situations in which hope and fear run together, in which they mutually destroy one another and lose themselves in dull indifference.

Not art and science only, but patience will be required for the work.

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.

The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity.