Nothing is really small; whoever is open to the deep penetration of nature knows this.

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity tohistory, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth.

Indigestion is charged by God with enforcing morality on the stomach.

What dangers you run, O noble souls! Often, you give your heart, but we take only your body. Your heart is left to you and you look at it in the shadows and shudder.

Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.

Love resembles a tree: it bends under its own weight, deeply rooted in our being and sometimes turns green in the ruins of a heart.