The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

The summit charms us, the steps to it do not; with the heights before our eyes, we like to linger in the plain. It is only a part of art that can be taught; but the artist needs the whole. He who is only half instructed speaks much and is always wrong; who knows it wholly is content with acting and speaks seldom or late.

And those whom once my song had cheered and gladdened, If still they live, rove through the world now saddened.