Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor. |
A noble heart will always capitulate to reason. |
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. |
The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh. |
Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. |
No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite. |
Nothing leads to good that is not natural. |
Every true genius is bound to be naive. |
The will of man is his happiness. |
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. |
Will it, and set to work briskly. |
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. |
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages. |
Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor. |
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air. |
Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom. |
Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. |
A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast. |
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. |
It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases. |