In all things, to serve from the lowest station upwards is necessary. To restrict yourself to a trade is best. For the narrow mind, whatever he attempts is still a trade; for the higher, an art; and the highest in doing one thing does all, or, to speak less paradoxically, in the one thing which he does rightly he sees the likeness of all that is done rightly.

If you inquire what people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere."

I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them.

Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.

I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.

Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.