Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

It is in the half fools and the half wise that the greatest danger lies.

A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.

You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken; you study mineralogy best among miners; and so with everything else.