The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.

Patriotism ruins history.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.

We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.