Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

No theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself

As a wicked man I am a complete failure. Why, there are lots of people who say I have never really done anything wrong in the whole course of my life. Of course they only say it behind my back.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Common sense is the enemy of Romance :P:P

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

If there is anything more annoying in the world than having people talk about you, it is certainly having no one talk about you.