Men are respectable only as they respect.

The gates of thought, - how slow and late they discover themselves! Yet when they appear, we see that they were always there, always open.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual.

But there are higher secrets of culture, which are not for the apprentices, but for proficients. These are lessons only for the brave. We must know our friends under ugly masks. The calamities are our friends.

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

All the elements, whose aid man calls in, will sometimes become big masters.