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

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

Memory works like the collection glass in the Camera obscura: it gathers everything together and therewith produces a far more beautiful picture than was present originally.

A man who has not enough originality to think out a new title for his book will be much less capable of giving it new contents.

The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.