In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

The few of understanding, vision rare, Who veiled not from the herd their hearts, but tried, Poor generous fools, to lay their feelings bare, Them have men always burnt and crucified.

Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.

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

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality.