We see only what we know.

The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.

Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.

Most men, even the most accomplished, are of limited faculties; every one sets a value on certain qualities in himself and others: these alone he is willing to favour, these alone will he have cultivated.

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.