 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. |
