The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
Truth lives on in the midst of deception.
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.
Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good.
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.
What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul.
Live with your century; but do not be its creature.
The lamp of genius burns quicker than the lamp of life.
Fear of death is worse than dying.
It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.
The mountain cannot frighten one who was born on it.
It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
There is more to life than just existing and having a pleasant time.
Honor women! they entwine and weave heavenly roses in our earthly life.
I follow my heart, for I can trust it.
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.
It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.
It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
Every true genius is bound to be naive.
Appearance rules the world.
Historians are prophets with their face turned backward.
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