Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing; it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.

Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.

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.

Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building.

First let a man teach himself, and then he will be taught by others.

What is the path? There is no path. On into the unknown.