True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.

There is nothing new on earth / For a person who lives long and experiences much. / In my years of youthful wandering / I have seen crystallized people.

Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error's boundless sea! - Faust.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of expectation.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.