A man's shortcomings are taken from his epoch; his virtues and greatness belong to himself.

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

He who does not see the whole world in his friends, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.