Conscience is the virtue of the observers not the agents of action

We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.

Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

People will allow their faults to be shown them; they will let themselves be punished for them; they will patiently endure many things because of them; they only become impatient when they have to lay them aside.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

New inventions can and will be made; however, nothing new can be thought of that concerns moral man. Everything has already been thought and said which at best we can express in different forms and give new expressions to.

Every beginning is cheerful.