All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.

One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the "No."

In society every man is taken for what he gives himself out to be; but he must give himself out to be something. Better to be slightly disagreeable than altogether insignificant.

Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

Lay hold of life with both hands, whenever thou mayest seize it, it is interesting.