It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

Every form correctly seen is beautiful

He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.

A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.