 On all the peaks lies peace. |
| One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. |
| Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. |
| Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day. |
| The coward only threatens when he is safe. |
| Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth. |
| Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest. |
| The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. |
| If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. |
| Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever. |
| Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story. |
| Correction does much, but encouragement does more. |
| It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united. |
| The deed is everything, the glory is naught. |
| Every spoken word arouses our self-will. |
| Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens. |
| A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise. |
| When ideas fail, words come in very handy. |
| The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part. |
| I call architecture frozen music. |
