I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion.

People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.

Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.

Were the eye not of the sun, How could we behold the light? If God's might and ours were not as one, How could His work enchant our sight?

The world remains ever the same.