Hardly a man in the world has an opinion upon morals, politics or religion which he got otherwise than through his associations and sympathies. Broadly speaking, there are none but corn-pone opinions. And broadly speaking, Corn-Pone stands for Self-Approval. Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people. The result is Conformity.

All men are ignorant, just on different subjects.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

Such is luck! And such the treatment which honest, good perservance gets so often at the hands of unfair and malicious Nature!

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.