Manners form the great charm of women.

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.

I nothing had, and yet enough for youth--Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth. Give unrestrained, the old emotion, The bliss that touched the verge of pain, The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion,--O, give me back my youth again!

Idea and experience will never coincide in the center; only through art and action are they united.