We seldom speak of what we have but often of what we lack.

Thus, the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees.

Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.

A man of correct insight among those who are duped and deluded resembles one whose watch is right while all the clocks in the town give the wrong time.

Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.