The mob has nothing to lose, everything to gain.

Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

Nature is the living, visible garment of God.

Every decided colour does a certain violence to the eye, and forces the organ to opposition.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

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.