Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.

A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.

Do not be ashamed of help.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad, and of the sort of society they frequent; and the approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes, has no value for him.

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.