Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.

Character is constructed amidst the tempests of the World

I am what I am, so take me as I am!.

A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.

As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.