The secret of happiness is curiosity

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.

Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.

There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books.

No great man is ever born too soon or too late.

He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.

Learn to foster an ardent imagination; so shall you descry beauty which others passed unheeded.