The useful may be trusted to further itself, for many produce it and no one can do without it; but the beautiful must be specially encouraged, for few can present it, while yet all have need of it.

I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

One lives but once in the world.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

I hate all bungling as I do sin, but particularly bungling in politics, which leads to the misery and ruin of many thousands and millions of people.

Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct.