Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence.

There is no remedy but love for the great superiority of others

How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.

[W]hat counts is that one perceives excellence and dares to give it expression, which sounds little but is in fact a great deal.

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

We who didn't inherit political power nor are made to acquire riches like nothing better than that which expands and solidifies the power of the spirit.

We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!