Every noble activity makes room for itself.

If the whole of history is in one man, it is all to be explained from individual experience.

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.