The greatest man in history was the poorest.

Every man is actually weak, and apparently strong. To himself, he seems weak; to others, formidable.

The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over with facts, with thoughts. They shall one day bring a lantern and read the inscriptions.

The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is - Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity

It is so wonderful to our neurologists that a man can see without his eyes, that it does not occur to them that is just as wonderful that he should see with them; and that is ever the difference between the wise and the unwise: the latter wonders at what is unusual, the wise man wonders at the usual.

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.