All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

No two men see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will apply in different ways a principle that they both acknowledge. The same man will, indeed, often see and judge the same things differently on different occasions: early convictions must give way to more mature ones. Nevertheless, may not the opinions that a man holds and expresses withstand all trials, if he only remains true to himself and others?

And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent occurrence.

I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad.

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy.