Nobody is so constituted as to be able to live everywhere and anywhere; and he who has great duties to perform, which lay claim toall his strength, has, in this respect, a very limited choice. The influence of climate upon the bodily functionsextends so far, that a blunder in the choice of locality and climate is able not only to alienate a man from his actual duty, but also to withhold it from him altogether, so that he never even comes face to face with it.

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong.

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.

In being wildly natural we recover best from being unnatural, from being spiritual.

Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.