Be generous in nature and thought; for this wins respect and gives confidence and power.

One hears - one does not seek; one takes - one does not ask who gives.

That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.

I know the hatred and envy of your hearts. Ye are not great enough not to know of hatred and envy. Then be great enough not to be ashamed of them!

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is also destined to become a master.

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.