There is strong shadow where there is much light.

The happy do not believe in miracles.

Duty is the demand of the hour.

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.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

The greatest happiness for the thinking person is to have explored the explorable and to venerate in equanimity that which cannotbe explored.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.