If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.
All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.
There are people who lie simply for the sake of lying.
Something incomprehensible is not for that reason less real.
they do not know that they seek only the chase and not the quarry.
It is the contest that delights us, and not the victory.