The aim of living is life itself.

Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

I am part of the part that once was everything, Part of the darkness which gave birth to light… Mephistopheles, from Faust.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

Man errs as long as he strives.

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation.

Higher yet and higher out of clouds and night, nearer yet and nearer rising to the light - light, serene and holy where my soul may rest, purified and lowly, sanctified and blest.