That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped for dealing with the unknown. The unlearned have often rushed in where the learned feared to tread, and it is the credulous who are tempted to attempt the impossible. They know not whither they are going, and give chance a chance.

It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses.