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

That God became man indicates only this: that man should not seek his salvation in eternity, but rather establish his heaven on earth.

Courageous, unconcerned, scornful, coercive - so wisdom wisheth us; she is a woman, and ever loveth only a warrior.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

I have not the capability to give you my loyalty, nor do I have the vanity to appear as if I did.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.

The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. - What does not destroy makes me stronger.