 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. |
| He who considers too much will perform little. |
| Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change. |
| It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans. |
| Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him. |
| Appearance rules the world. |
| Votes should be weighed not counted. |
| Mankind is made great or little by its own will. |
| I am better than my reputation. |
| Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate. |
| Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual. |
| Keep true to the dreams of your youth. |
| Live with your century; but do not be its creature. |
| There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. |
| The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. |
| Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny. |
| He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times. |
| The key to education is the experience of beauty. |
| Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. |
| A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. |
