It is doubtful whether anyone who has travelled widely has found anywhere in the world regions more ugly than in the human face.

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which in no way correspond to our real thoughts.

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

If all alms were given only from pity, all beggars would have starved long ago.

Verily, I do not like them, the merciful who feel blessed in their pity: they are lacking too much in shame. If I must pity, at least I do not want it known; and if I do pity, it is preferably from a distance.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.