Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time.

All the facts of nature are nouns of the intellect, and make the grammar of the eternal language. Every word has a double, trebleor centuple use and meaning.

Every noble activity makes room for itself.

A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of fine arts.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.