To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

The most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes.

It is always a sign of an unproductive time when it concerns itself with petty and technical aspects [in philology], and likewiseit is a sign of an unproductive person to pursue such trifles.

The world remains ever the same.

Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!