The architect had not stopped to bother about columns and porticos, proportions or interiors, or any limitation upon the epic he sought to materialize; he had simply made a servant of Nature - art can go no further.

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.

Pride is never so loud as when in chains.

What children we are, even the wisest! When God walks the earth, his steps are often centuries apart.

The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

Pure wisdom always directs itself towards God; the purest wisdom is knowledge of God.