It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.

Duty is the demand of the hour.

Do people conform to the instructions of us old ones? Each thinks he must know best about himself, and thus many are lost entirely.

The poet should seize the Particular, and he should, if there be anything sound in it, thus represent the Universal.

We love a girl for very different qualities than understanding. We love her for her beauty, her youth, her mirth, her confidingness, her character, with its faults, caprices and God knows what other inexpressible charms; but we do not love her understanding.

We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.