He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.

Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?

Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be able to form some conception.

If you inquire what people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere."

Because everyone uses language to talk, everyone thinks he can talk about language.

Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.