In great matters, men behave as they are expected to; in little ones, as they would naturally

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.

The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.

Stupidity would not be absolute stupidity did it not fear intelligence.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.