There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The latter class reproduces the work of art on which it is engaged. Its numbers are very small.

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

The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannotbe explored.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

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

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.