Man is the broken giant, and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversation with nature.

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.

A human being should beware how he laughs, for then he shows all his faults.

Pride is handsome, economical; pride eradicates so many vices, letting none subsist but itself, that it seems as if it were a great gain to exchange vanity for pride.

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions.

Though your views are in straight antagonism to theirs, assume an identity of sentiment, assume that you are saying precisely thatwhich all think, and in the flow of wit and love roll out your paradoxes in solid column, with not the infirmity of a doubt.

Concentration is the secret of srength.