Even weak men when united are powerful.
Virtue, though clothed in a beggar’s garb, commands respect.
Will it, and set to work briskly.
While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe.
Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits.
The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
We must bear what Heaven sends.
What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul.
Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.
Alas! When duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.
Even in a righteous cause force is a fearful thing.
This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.
You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.
One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
Wise to resolve, patient to perform.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
The world’s history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.
Obedience is the Christian’s crown.
Stern is the visage of necessity.
Misery travels free through the whole world!