Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
There is always a part of our being into which those who are dearer to us far than our own lives are yet unable to enter.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
We live merely on the crust or rind of things.
A single seed of fact will produce in a season or two a harvest of calumnies; but sensible men will pay no attention to them.