Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

At the end of life thoughts hitherto impossible come to the collected mind, like good spirits which let themselves down from the shining heights of the past.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.

Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.