People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

He who can not learn to love must flatter.

Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them.

Truth is contrary to our nature, not so error, and this for a very simple reason: truth demands that we should recognize ourselves as limited, error flatters us that, in one way or another, we are unlimited.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.