The test of civilization is the power of drawing the most benefit out of cities.

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

If we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!

Culture opens the sense of beauty.

The way to learn German, is, to read the same dozen pages over and over a hundred times, till you know every word and particle in them, and can pronounce and repeat them by heart.

Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

The world is a divine dream, from which we may presently awake to the glories and certainties of day.