“ The ideal and the beautiful are identical the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form hence idea and substance are cognate. ”

“ Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it. ”

“ The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. ”

“ Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. ”

“ Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. ”

“ The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both. ”

“ Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence. ”

“ Toleration is the best religion. ”

“ Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter. ”

“ A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. ”