It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.

What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.

From desire I plunge to its fulfilment, where I long once more for desire.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

I look upon all four Gospels as thoroughly genuine, for there shines forth from them the reflected splendor of a sublimity proceeding from Jesus Christ.