He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.

In art, to express the infinite one should suggest infinitely more than is expressed.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best means of becoming popular which can be recommended to a young sovereign.

All is born of water; all is sustained by water.

We accept every person in the world as that for which he gives himself out, only he must give himself out for something. We can put up with the unpleasant more easily than we can endure the insignificant.