The greatest joy of a thinking man is to have searched the explored and to quietly revere the unexplored.

The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.

One should not wish anyone disagreeable conditions of life; but for him who is involved in them by chance, they are touchstones of characters and of the most decisive value to man.

Don't give us your doubts, gives us your certainties, for we have doubts enough of our own.

Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.

Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits.

It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals.