What a man does not understand, he does not possess.

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

The dear good people don't know how long it takes to learn to read. I've been at it eighty years, and can't say yet that I've reached the goal.

The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.

The aim of living is life itself.

I hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both.

One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the "No."