All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.

That is the way of youth and life in general: that we do not understand the strategy until after the campaign is over.

The force of a language does not consist of rejecting what is foreign but of swallowing it.

We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!

And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.