Only to youth will spring be spring.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.

Times of heroism are generally times of terror, but the day never shines in which this element may not work.

The soul refuses limits and always affirms an optimism, never a pessimism.

I have only one doctrine, the infinitude of the private man.

Let not the author eat up the man, so that he shall be all balcony and no house.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. It depends on the mood of the man, whether he shall see the sunset or the fine poem. There are always sunsets, and there is always genius; but only a few hours so serene that we can relish nature or criticism. The more or less depends on structure or temperament. Temperament is the iron wire on which the beads are strung. Of what use is fortune or talent to a cold and defective store?