We rather confess our moral errors, faults, and crimes than our ignorance.

A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth.

He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.

He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.

Few men have imagination enough for reality.