Futurity is impregnable to mortal ken: no prayer pierces through heaven's adamantine walls. Whether the birds fly right or left, whatever be the aspect of the stars, the book of nature is a maze, dreams are a lie, and every sign a falsehood.

His saying was: live and let live.

Man, one may say, was never in such a completely animal condition; but he has, on the other hand, never escaped from it.

The victor is often vanquished by his own success.

A childlike mind in its simplicity practises that science of good to which the wise may be blind.

Wise to resolve, patient to perform.

I feel that I am a man of destiny.