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

In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.

He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own

He who only tastes his error will long dwell with it, will take delight in it as in a singular felicity; while he who drains it to the dregs will, if he be not crazy, find it to be what it is.

Man errs as long as he strives.

The close and thoughtful observer more and more learns to recognize his limitations. He realizes that with the steady growth of knowledge more and more new problems keep on emerging.