Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.

Faith is hidden household capital.

Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best.

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art.

The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.

Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

I am the Spirit that denies.