If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.

Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.

Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues.

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.

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

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.