To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.]
To every one [Nature] appears in a form of his own. She hides herself in a thousand names and terms, and is always the same.
If I work incessantly to the last, nature owes me another form of existence when the present one collapses.
Nature alone is illimitably rich, and Nature alone forms the great artist.
Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms.
Great endowments often announce themselves in youth in the form of singularity and awkwardness.
But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.
Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?
Every form correctly seen is beautiful
Manners form the great charm of women.
Talents are best nurtured in solitude. Character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world.
Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world
A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions
Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life