Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply.

Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny

When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face.

Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.

The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.

But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? The few who anything of truth have learned, And foolishly did not keep truth concealed, Their thoughts and visions to the common herd revealed, Since time began we've crucified and burned

Lose the day loitering, 'twill be the same story To-morrow, and the next more dilatory, For indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! What you can do, or think you can, begin it! Only engage, and then the mind grows heated; Begin it, and the work will be completed.