Only he who finds empiricism irksome is driven to method.
To create something you must be something.
How many years must a man do nothing, before he can at all know what is to be done and how to do it!
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.