The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

I declare my belief that it is not your duty to do anything that is not to your own interest. Whenever it is unquestionably your duty to do a thing, then it will benefit you to perform that duty.

A poem is no place for an idea.

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.

You can't do anything unless you do it yourself. And usually you can't do it yourself very well.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.