One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

The threshold is the place of expectation.

Let your trouble be Light will follow dark Though the heaven falls You may hear the lark.

Time does not relinquish its rights, either over human beings or over mountains.

Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.

It is opposition that makes us productive.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.