The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.
It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.
No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.
Age merely shows what children we remain.
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.
Every spoken word arouses our self-will.
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
To create something you must be something.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.