As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.

What chance gathers, she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.

I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

Everyone only hears what he understands.

If you have a great work in your head, nothing else thrives near it; all other thoughts are repelled, and the pleasure of life itself is for the time lost.