The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty.
Let no one despair, even though in the darkest night the last star of hope may disappear.
We, we live! ours are the hours, and the living have their claims.
Life did not present its sunny side to thee.
Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action; the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.
But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides?
Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.
If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.
The iron chain and the silken cord are both equally bonds.
Time flies on restless pinions – constant never.
Have hope. Though clouds environs now, And gladness hides her face in scorn, Put thou the shadow from thy brow – No night but hath its morn.
Truth lives on in the midst of deception...
I am better than my reputation.
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
Many a crown shines spotless now that yet was deeply sullied in the winning.
When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist.
To save all we must risk all.