The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit; and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen!

What, then, is your duty? What the day demands.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

Man must strive, and striving he must err.

People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

He only earns his freedom and existence who daily conquers them anew.

To make an epoch in the world, two conditions are manifestly essential-a good head and a great inheritance.

It is unpleasant to miss even the most trifling thing to which we have been accustomed.

The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.