Most men, even the most accomplished, are of limited faculties; every one sets a value on certain qualities in himself and others: these alone he is willing to favour, these alone will he have cultivated.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

How can one learn to know oneself? Never by introspection, rather by action.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.