Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life.
And obstinacy is the sister of constancy, at least in vigour and stability.
We are all of us richer than we think we are.
Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.
Whatever I may be, I want to be elsewhere than on paper. My art and my industry have been employed in making myself good for something; my studies, in teaching me to do, not to write. I have put all my efforts into forming my life. That is my trade and my work.
The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.