Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

Men's prejudices rest upon their character for the time being and cannot be overcome, as being part and parcel of themselves. Neither evidence nor common sense nor reason has the slightest influence upon them.

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.

Noble be man, helpful and good!

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

Words express neither objects nor ourselves.