None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes.

The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.

Oh, happy he who still hopes he can emerge from Error's boundless sea! - Faust.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.

It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last carried it.

Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.