There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

The man who meets with a failure attributes this failure rather to the ill will of another than to fate.

Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.

Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking.

Every relationship that does not raise us up pulls us down, and vice versa; this is why men usually sink down somewhat when they take wives while women are usually somewhat raised up. Overly spiritual men require marriage every bit as much as they resist it as bitter medicine.

One must first be firmly set in oneself, one must stand securely on one's own two legs otherwise one cannot love at all.

You must climb above yourself-up and beyond, until you have even your stars under you.