Nothing is more odious than the majority, for it consists of a few powerful leaders, a certain number of accommodating scoundrels and submissive weaklings, and a mass of men who trot after them without thinking, or knowing their own minds.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

The solution of every problem is another problem

Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.

I reverence the individual who understands distinctly what he wishes; who unweariedly advances, who knows the means conducive to his object, and can seize and use them.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Wisdom is found only in truth.