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?

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

Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.

Is it life, I ask, is it even prudence, To bore thyself and bore the students?

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.