Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.

Nothing is more consonant with Nature than that she puts into operation in the smallest detail that which she intends as a whole.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.

Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

He who is and remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talent.

The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.