The thinker makes a great mistake when he asks after cause and effect. They both together make up the indivisible phenomenon.

We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.

Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.

The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge.

Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.

And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.