The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.
Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.
As men advance in life, all passions resolve themselves into money. Love, ambition, even poetry, end in this.