What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Is not the core of nature in the heart of man?

To be active is the primary vocation of man.

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.

The best pleasures of this world are not quite true.

Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony, perfection, imagination, purity, correctness. The greatest writer of all times. God's most astonishing creation.

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.