We must reserve a back shop all our own entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Life itself is neither a good nor an evil: life is where good or evil find a place, depending on how you make it for them.

Necessity reconciles and brings men together; and this accidental connection afterward forms itself into laws.

Dreams are faithful interpreters of our inclinations; but there is art required to sort and understand them.

There is a huge gulf between the man who follows the conventions and laws of his country and the man who sets out to regiment them and to change them.