Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.
A man who means to think and write a great deal must, after six and twenty, learn to read with his fingers.
There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.
Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion.
Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.
I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.