The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.

Each traveler should know what he has to see, and what properly belongs to him, on a journey.

If man thinks about his physical or moral state he usually discovers that he is ill.

Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

The safest thing is always to try to convert everything that is in us and around us into action; let the others talk and argue about it as they please.

You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling.

When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.