Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

If you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.

The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius.

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.

The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

Cheerfulness is like money well expended in charity; the more we dispense of it, the greater our possession.