To a valet no man is a hero.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic

Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!

The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

The most fortunate of men, Be he a king or commoner, is he Whose welfare is assured in his own home.

The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.