Time is my estate: to Time I'm heir.

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

Try novelties for salesman's bait, For novelty wins everyone.

If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.