Do not hurry; do not rest.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.

The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.

Method will teach you to win time.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.