Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

The wisest man may be a blind father.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or anything. He is courageous, sober, and surefooted. He never makes a false step, never shies. If there is a river or fjord to cross (and we shall meet with many) you will see him plunge in at once, just as if he were amphibious, and gain the opposite bank.

Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.