He who strays from the customary becomes a sacrifice to the extraordinary; he who keeps to the customary becomes its slave. He iscondemned to perish in either case.

To go on vegetating in cowardly dependence on physicians and machinations, after the meaning of life, the right to life, has been lost, that ought to prompt a profound contempt in society.

A man who possesses genius is insufferable unless he also possesses at least two other things: gratitude and cleanliness.

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

Men subsequently put whatever is newly learned or experienced to use as a plowshare, perhaps even as a weapon: but women immediately include it among their ornaments.

The greatest giver of alms is cowardice.