To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes.

The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

So, lively brisk old fellow, don't let age get you down. White hairs or not, you can still be a lover.

What a man does not understand, he does not possess.