Before you take anything away, you must have something better to put in its place.

A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.

Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect.

In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.

On the path of actions, great heart is the chief recommendation; on that works, a great head.

...this our world, which is so real, with all its suns and milky ways is-nothing.

One can forget everything, everything, only not oneself, one's own being.