The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling.
there is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep.
Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.
Venice astonishes more than it pleases at first sight.
One must choose in life between boredom and suffering.
Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.