It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.

The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.

Not all that is presented to us as history has really happened; and what really happened did not actually happen the way it is presented to us; moreover, what really happened is only a small part of all that happened. Everything in history remains uncertain, the largest events as well as the smallest occurrence.

Come my little one, and give me your hand.

Few are open to conviction, but the majority of men are open to persuasion

Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this is possible without positive and specific formulation in words.