Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trust seek every possible impression and make it firmly your posession you'll then work on because you must.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.

I call architecture frozen music.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.