The jealous is possessed by a "fine mad devil" and a dull spirit at once. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

The prudent sees only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both, diminishes those, makes these preponderate, and conquers.

Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind: the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.