There is no remedy but love for the great superiority of others

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

Translators can be considered as busy matchmakers who praise as extremely desirable a half-veiled beauty. They arouse an irresistible yearning for the original.

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.