The history of mankind is his character.

We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies

Wouldst thou ever roam abroad? See, what is good lies by thy side. Only learn to catch happiness, for happiness is ever by you.

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing

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

If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.

All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.