In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.

Duty is the demand of the hour.

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.