The man who fears nothing is as powerful as he who is feared by everybody.

The joke loses everything when the joker laughs himself.

Alas! When duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.

Every true genius is bound to be naive.

Great souls suffer in silence.

A deep meaning often lies in old customs.

Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.

It is not flesh and blood, but heart which makes us fathers and sons.

Votes should be weighed not counted.

If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you have never seen joy in a beautiful face, you have never seen joy at all.

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.

We can never replace a friend. When a man is fortunate enough to have several, he finds they are all different. No one has a double in friendship.

Appearance rules the world.

Joy all creatures drink At nature's bosoms.

It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.

Joy is the mainspring in the whole

Of endless Nature's calm rotation.

Joy moves the dazzling wheels that roll

In the great Time-piece of Creation.

The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever.