Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.

One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.

Know'st thou the land where the lemon-trees bloom, Where the gold orange glows in the deep thicket's gloom, Where a wind ever soft from the blue heaven blows, And the groves are of laurel and myrtle and rose!

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Against great advantages in another, there are no means of defending ourselves except love.

Nature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. Variant: NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her.