It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.

I sing, not arms and the hero, but the philosophic man: he who seeks in contemplation to discover the inner will of the world, ininvention to discover the means of fulfilling that will, and in action to do that will by the so-discovered means.

I learned more from the first stupid woman who fell in love with me than ever my brains taught me.

No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the key.

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.