I have learned much from disease which life could have never taught me anywhere else. On every mountain height Is rest. The soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity. I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end- that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can It matters little whether a man be mathematically, or philologically, or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated. To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.
One always has time enough, if one will apply it well. Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done. Since time is not a person we can overtake when he is past, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing. It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it. What we do not understand we do not possess.