Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.

The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid criterion of distinction is rather the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

The world is so great and rich, and life so full of variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems.

Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.

Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.