If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.

I have always paid attention to the merits of my enemies, and found it an advantage.

He who is firm and resolute in will molds the world to himself.

It doesn't behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress.

The present moment is a powerful goddess.

The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3

Man errs as long as he strives.