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.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.

So much has already been said about Shakespeare that there doesn't seem to be anything more to say; yet it is the quality of the spirit that it forever stimulates the spirit.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.

Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.