No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.

He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.

There is no way to face the great advantages of another person than through love.

True art can only spring from the intimate linking of the serious and the playful.

Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.

Many hammer all over the wall and believe that with each blow they hit the nail on the head.

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.