We only understand that which already is within us.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.

Love is faith and one faith leads to another.

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.