Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.

There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world.

The unique impression of Jesus upon mankind - whose name is not so much written as ploughed into the history of the world - is proof of the subtle virtue of this infusion. Jesus belonged to the race of prophets. He saw with open eyes the mystery of the soul. One man was true to what is in you and me. He, as I think, is the only soul in history who has appreciated the worth of man.

All my hurts my garden spade can heal.

Let ideas establish their legitimate sway again in society, let life be fair and poetic, and the scholars will gladly be lovers, citizens, and philanthropists.

Great men are sincere.

Throb thine with Nature's throbbing breast.