Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down

Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.

On all the peaks lies peace.

It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.

Paternity is based anyhow only upon conviction: I am convinced, therefore, I am the father.

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

The Woman-Soul leadeth us upward and on!