Every man is grave alone.
He who travels in search of something which he has not got, travels away from himself and grows old even in youth among old things.
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
[A]s if life were a thunder-storm wherein you can see by a flash the horizon, and then cannot see your hand.
The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
I have heard that stiff people lose something of their awkwardness under high ceilings, and in spacious halls. I think, sculptureand painting have an effect to teach us manners, and abolish hurry.