I owe what is best in my own development to the impression made by Kant's works, the sacred writings of the Hindus, and Plato.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.

That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely enough in itself, and therefore a safe one to go on; borne out as it is by the fact that people are always anxious to see anyone who has made himself famous. Photography offers the most complete satisfaction of our curiosity.

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

To become indignant at [people's] conduct is as foolish as to be angry with a stone because it rolls into your path. And with many people the wisest thing you can do, is to resolve to make use of those whom you cannot alter.

That which knows all things and is known by none is the subject.