It is sometimes essential for a husband and a wife to quarrel - they get to know each other better.

That which is eternal in Woman lifts us above.

Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.

Democracy does not race, it reaches the finish slowly but surely.

I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation - there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.

Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.