There is no patriotic art.

It doesn't behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress.

Lamps make oil-spots and candles need snuffing; it is only the light of heaven that shines pure and leaves no stain.

One alone does not help, but rather he who unites with many at the right moment.

All beginnings are delightful; the threshold is the place to pause.

Faith is a homely, private capital; as there are public savings-banks and poor funds, out of which in times of want we can relieve the necessities of individuals, so here the faithful take their coin in peace.

How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action.