True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

Superstition is the poetry of life. It is inherent in man's nature; and when we think it is wholly eradicated, it takes refuge in the strangest holes and corners, whence it peeps out all at once, as soon as it can do it with safety.

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.

It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.

I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.

A useless life is an early death.