Pity on the person who has become accustomed to seeing in necessity something arbitrary, who ascribes to the arbitrary some sort of reason, and even claims that following that sort of reason has religious value.

The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.

Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.

By seeking and blundering we learn.

It makes no good to point the failures out without showing at the same time the remedy to address them.

How many years you have to keep on doing, until you know what to do and how to do!

How to please the public - that's the test, But nowadays I find I'm in a fix; I know they're not accustomed to the best, But they've all read so much they know the tricks. How can we give then something fresh and new That's serious, but entertaining too?