two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.

There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.

For many people, one of the most frustrating aspects of life is not being able to understand other people's behavior.

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.

The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.

He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.