Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted.
I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
A high degree of intellect tends to make a man unsocial.
Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.
Poverty and slavery are thus only two forms ofthe same thing, the essence of which is that a man's energies are expended for the most part not on his own behalf but on that of others.