The highest in God's esteem are meanest in their own. Thomas à Kempis.
The highest joys spring from those possessions which are common to all, which we can neither alienate ourselves nor be deprived of by others, to which kind Nature has given all an equal right—a right which she herself guards with silent omnipotence. Goethe.
The highest liberty is in harmony with the eternal laws. H. Giles.
The highest man of us is born brother to his contemporaries; struggle as he may, there is no escaping the family likeness. Carlyle.
The highest melody dwells only in silence—the sphere melody, the melody of health. Carlyle.
The Highest not merely has, but is, reason and understanding. Goethe.
The highest political watchword is not Liberty, 5 Equality, Fraternity, nor yet Solidarity, but Service. A. H. Clough.
The highest price a man can pay for a thing is to ask for it. Pr.
The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion of a loftier reality. Goethe.
The highest problem of literature is the writing of a Bible. Novalis.