What a man hates, he takes seriously.

He who falls obstinate in his courage, if he falls he fights from his knees.

Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.

We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than the whiteness of snow or the weight of stones are to us: if man does not know himself, how should he know his functions and powers?

I have never known a greater miracle, or monster, than myself.

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

It is a human tendency "to measure truth and error by our capacity."