Higher yet and higher out of clouds and night, nearer yet and nearer rising to the light - light, serene and holy where my soul may rest, purified and lowly, sanctified and blest.

Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.

Every solution of a problem is a new problem.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

Happy contractedness of youth, nay, of mankind in general, that they think neither of the high nor the deep, of the true nor the false, but only of what is suited to their own conceptions.

Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.

In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.