The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.

Art is in itself noble; that is why the artist has no fear of what is common. This, indeed, is already ennobled when he takes it up.

A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.

That is the way of youth and life in general: that we do not understand the strategy until after the campaign is over.

Architecture is crystallized music.

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization.

Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.