The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Hold your powers together for something good and let everything go that is for you without result and is not suited to you.

If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.

It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe