If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.

The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.

Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.

He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it.

What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.

An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.

Those who have no hope for a future life are already dead for the present one.