First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for this own misdeeds.
To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
When we act pugnaciously, and injuriously, and angrily, and rudely, to what level have we degenerated? To the level of the wild beasts. Well, the fact is that some of us are wild beasts of a larger size, while others are little animals, malignant and petty.
Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.