We must heap up a great pile of doing, for a small diameter of being.

I will come to you, my friend, when I no longer need you. Then you will find a palace, not an almshouse.

Philosophy, certainly, is some account of truths the fragments and very insignificant parts of which man will practice in this workshop; truths infinite and in harmony with infinity, in respect to which the very objects and ends of the so-called practical philosopher will be mere propositions, like the rest.

Of what significance are the things you can forget.

What is sour in the house a bracing walk in the woods makes sweet.

A hero's love is as delicate as a maiden's.

The brave man braves nothing, nor knows he of his bravery.