That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters.

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

Our virtues and view spring from one root.

Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.

I was oppressed with the sensations I then felt; I sunk under the weight of them.

Words express neither objects nor ourselves.

A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.