It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.

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

Each has his own happiness in his hands, as the artist handles the rude clay he seeks to reshape it into a figure; yet it is the same with this art as with all others: only the capacity for it is innate; the art itself must be learned and painstakingly practiced.

What is the true test of character unless it be its progressive development in the bustle and turmoil, in the action and reaction of daily life.