One must not criticize that which is common since it remains always the same.

It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero.

Like the star that shines afar, Without haste and without rest, Let each one wheel with steady sway Round the task that rules the day, And do their best.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

The older I get the more I trust in the law according to which the rose and the lily bloom.

On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.

We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.